Chubb v. Chubb

Plaintiff filed her bill for divorce asking alimony and division of property interests. Defendant filed cross bill asking that a decree of divorce be granted to him. The trial court dismissed plaintiff's bill, awarded defendant a decree of divorce, and allowed plaintiff the sum of $1,500 in lieu of all dower and property rights and rights of support and maintenance. Plaintiff appealed, and defendant filed a cross appeal.

The printed record of approximately 400 pages is largely a mass of contradictory testimony of the parties themselves. Each charged the other with outbursts of temper,…