Staples v. Staples

Tbe record in this appeal presents a novel and unusual situation. The litigants, Susie Staples and Fred A. Staples, were married on December 30, 1908. Fred A. Staples is now seventy-four years old and Susie Staples is sixty-seven. On April 6, 1938, Susie was granted a divorce from her husband, on tbe charge of cruelty, by tbe Honorable H. C. Ring, one of tbe judges of the Eighteenth Judicial District of Iowa. In tbe case there was a personal appearance by the parties. Plaintiff in said case was represented by Attorney Edward J. Dahms, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

On the 8th day of April 1939, Susie…