Strickland v. Strickland
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Pulaski Chancery Court; Jesse C. Hart, Chancellor;
1Opinion of the CourtHill, C. J.
This was a divorce suit; each party seeking a divorce on the ground of cruel treatment within the meaning of paragraph 5 of section 2672, Kirby’s Digest. The chancellor decreed in favor of the husband, and the wife appealed, and since the submission of the case the husband died.
Of course, death terminates a divorce suit; but where property rights depend on the correctness of a divorce decree, and an appeal has been taken from'it, it is the duty of the appellate court to review the decree in order to settle the property rights. Nickerson v. Nickerson, 34 Ore. 1; Danforth v. Danforth, 111 Ill.…
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