Jolly v. Jolly
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from the Lee District Court. Oír the 24th of March, 1854, the complainant filed her petition, in the District Court of Lee county, for a divorce, and also praying alimony, and for general relief. The causes alleged are, the bad treatment of the husband, his intoxication, amounting to habitual drunkenness, and that they cannot live in peace and happiness, and that their welfare requires a separation.
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Appeal from the Lee District Court. Oír the 24th of March, 1854, the complainant filed her petition, in the District Court of Lee county, for a divorce, and also praying alimony, and for general relief. The causes alleged are, the bad treatment of the husband, his intoxication, amounting to habitual drunkenness, and that they cannot live in peace and happiness, and that their welfare requires a separation. To' this petition, there was an answer, issue thereon, a hearing, and at the November term, 1854, a decree was rendered, divorcing the parties. This decree gives to the wife eighty acres of…
1Opinion of the CourtWeight, C. J.
-This cause appears to have been beard on oral testimony, according to tbe rules of practice established in tbe court below. A portion of tbe testimony is embodied in a statement of the judge who tried tbe cause, wbicb we find as a part of tbe record. This statement, however, expressly states tbat all tbe testimony is not embodied in tbe bill. From tbe bill, answer, replication and testimony, we gather tbe facts to be these: tbe parties have been married about thirty-six years; have bad seven children, all of whom are married and living to themselves, except one son, aged about fourteen…
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