Conlin v. Conlin
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Dubuque District Court. — Hon. J. W. Kintzinger, Judge. Plaintiff brought this suit for separate maintenance, charging desertion. By cross-petition defendant asked for a divorce, also charging desertion. Plaintiff’s petition was dismissed, and a decree of divorce granted to the defendant. The court rendered judgment against defendant for $1,000 alimony and suit money, and for costs; awarded plaintiff the personal property removed by her from the home.
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Appeal from Dubuque District Court. — Hon. J. W. Kintzinger, Judge. Plaintiff brought this suit for separate maintenance, charging desertion. By cross-petition defendant asked for a divorce, also charging desertion. Plaintiff’s petition was dismissed, and a decree of divorce granted to the defendant. The court rendered judgment against defendant for $1,000 alimony and suit money, and for costs; awarded plaintiff the personal property removed by her from the home. The plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtPreston, J.
There was a courtship of about fourteen months between the parties to this action, and they had known each other for many years. They lived together more than two years, which is doing better than many others do. He was a widower, forty-six years of age, and she a spinster of thirty. They were married in November, 1905, and separated in March, 1908. In January, 1909, she brought suit for divorce on the ground of cruelty, and he filed a cross-petition, *422asking a divorce on the ground of cruelty. The bonds were not severed, and after a trial, in June or July, 1909, both the petition and…
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