O'Connell v. O'Connell

DUNN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the trial court granting Kaye O’Connell a divorce from Daniel O’Connell. Daniel appeals from the property division provisions of the judgment. We affirm.

Daniel and Kaye O’Connell were married on August 21, 1951. Five children were born to this marriage union, two of whom are deceased, while the other three have reached the age of majority. At the time of the marriage, Daniel was leasing the family ranch, which consisted of 2,480 acres, from his father. In 1954, Daniel and Kaye purchased the family ranch as joint tenants. Subsequently they…