Anderson v. Anderson

Mr. Anderson sued for divorce. His wife cross-complained for separate maintenance. The trial court denied the divorce to the husband and granted separate maintenance to the wife. This appeal follows.

The parties were married in Aberdeen, South Dakota, February 2, 1935. Three children were born to them: Ardyce, age sixteen; Walter, age thirteen; and Douglas, age ten.

The husband’s testimony was: that they had separated first in 1941, before moving to Seattle, and that the separation lasted two or three months; that the wife had a violent temper; that at one time she hit him with a broom,…