Bouler v. Bouler

This is a divorce case. The husband appeals from the trial court's division of property.

The parties were married in 1948. They lived together until 1968, when the wife moved to New York. The husband filed for divorce in 1977. The wife counterclaimed.

During the parties' marriage, both worked at relatively meager employment. The husband farmed, painted houses in the summer, and planted trees for American Can in the winter. The wife aided in farming, worked as a cook and contributed her wages to the family income.

Both husband and wife testified as to some violence against each other. The…