Bird v. Bird

This is a suit for divorce by Lillie Irene Bird against Benjamin M. Bird, and for the custody of a daughter and son of the parties, aged respectively nine and seven years, brought by the wife on the ground of cruel and inhuman treatment. A counterclaim was filed by the husband asking a divorce on the ground of desertion, and for the custody of the children, but the court, having found that the equities were with the plaintiff, decreed her a divorce and awarded the son to her and the daughter to the defendant, and directed the plaintiff to sell at public *583auction the household furniture and…