Jewett v. Jewett

This action was brought by Loye S. Jewett, as plaintiff, against David G. Jewett, her husband, as defendant, for divorce. She asked for the custody of their two *229children aged six and two, and for support. Defendant answered denying plaintiff’s alleged cause of action and asking for custody of the children. The circuit court denied the plaintiff a divorce and granted the custody of the children to defendant. Plaintiff appealed.

The parties were married in Sioux Falls on November 5, 1944, during a period when defendant was home from military service in the South Pacific on emergency furlough.…