Melheim v. Melheim

Knutson, Justice.

This is an action for divorce upon the ground of habitual drunkenness. After a contested trial, the court found for plaintiff. Thereafter, judgment was entered pursuant to the findings of the court. Alternative motions for amended findings or a new trial were denied by the court, and defendant appeals from such order and from the judgment.

Plaintiff and defendant were married on October 28, 1929. To this union one child was born during the year 1930.

Defendant contends that the evidence does not sustain a finding of habitual drunkenness for the requisite statutory period of one…