Goldie v. Goldie
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Plymouth District Court. — Hon. John F. Oliver, Judge. The plaintiff brought suit for a divorce from the defend-' ant. She answered, and in a cross-petition asked for separate maintenance.
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Appeal from Plymouth District Court. — Hon. John F. Oliver, Judge. The plaintiff brought suit for a divorce from the defend-' ant. She answered, and in a cross-petition asked for separate maintenance. Before trial the plaintiff dismissed his action, and soon thereafter went to England, and did not return until after there had been a trial upon the cross-petition and a judgment for the defendant awarding her $425 for attorney’s fees, expenses, and temporary support, and $160 a year for separate maintainance. Both parties appeal. The plaintiff will be designated as the appellant.'
1Opinion of the CourtSherwin, J.
These parties were married early in September, 1885. The plaintiff was then about sixty-five years old, and the defendant forty-five. Both had been married before, and both then had children living; the defendant having a daughter ten years old, who lived with her and the plaintiff. Bor about eight months after their marriage they lived together in Highlands, N. C., during which time they lived in a two-room house, very meagerly supplied with the ordinary comforts of life. The plaintiff then owned one hundred and sixty acres of land in Plymouth county, in this state, in which county some of…
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