Brinker v. Brinker

VAN OSDOL, C.

Appeal from a decree of divorce granted on the alleged and shown fault of the husband, defendant-appellant. The trial court awarded the wife, plaintiff-respondent, $8000 alimony in gross, and $1900 “additional attorney’s fees.”

Herein, defendant-appellant does not complain of the decree dissolving the marriage .relation, but contends the trial court’s awards (1) of alimony in gross and (2) of attorney fees were manifestly abuses of the trial court’s discretion.

Plaintiff wife’s petition for divorce alleged defendant husband’s quarrelsome disposition; his cursing, his assaults, and…