Cowan v. Cowan
Supreme Court of Colorado
Appeal from Superior Coxort of Denver. Action for divorce, alimony and custody of minor children. Appellee, Laura Cowan, as plaintiff below, rested her application for divorce, etc., upon'two distinct charges against the defendant Edwin B. Cowan, viz., adultery and extreme cruelty. The trial of these issues resulted in a general verdict in favor of appellee.
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Appeal from Superior Coxort of Denver. Action for divorce, alimony and custody of minor children. Appellee, Laura Cowan, as plaintiff below, rested her application for divorce, etc., upon'two distinct charges against the defendant Edwin B. Cowan, viz., adultery and extreme cruelty. The trial of these issues resulted in a general verdict in favor of appellee. This verdict was rendered upon the 2d day of January, 1889. A motion for a new trial was filed and denied upon January 21,1889. An appeal to this court prayed and allowed the same day. bio further action appears to have been taken in the…
1Opinion of the Court
. Me. Justice Hatt
delivered the opinion of the court.
Objection is made to any consideration of the matters brought here by the bill of exceptions upon our review of the trial of the divorce issues. This objection is based upon the fact that the bill was neither presented at the term at which these'issues'were tried, nor was any order extending the time within which the same might be presented made at that term. Neither was necessary. An order fixing the time within which a bill of exceptions might be presented was made at the time the final decree was entered, and this is all the statute…
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