Jones v. Jones

MOISE, Justice.

Plaintiff-appellant and defendant-appellee were married in May, 1945, and separated in August, 1957. Defendant was 41 years old and had been married before and divorced, and plaintiff was 19 years old. They have two sons. At the time of the marriage defendant had separate personal property worth $30,000 as found by the trial court, and; in addition, he had certain real estate which is not at issue here. His principal asset was a business now known as Jones Mercantile Company, and into which his other assets have now been absorbed. Both plaintiff and defendant worked in the…