Dikeman v. Dikeman

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fatzer, J.:

This was a divorce action. The court granted a divorce to the plaintiff wife, awarded permanent alimony, and made a division of the property.

The plaintiff has appealed, contending the district court abused its discretion in making a division of the property and in awarding the defendant personal property acquired by her from her personal earnings.

The parties were married in 1936 and they have one son who is of age. Both parties worked almost continuously during the marriage. During World War II the defendant was in the Navy and his family…