Hild v. Hild

Plaintiff brought an action for separate maintenance, charging defendant with extreme cruelty. Defendant denied the allegation of cruelty and, by cross-petition, charged the plaintiff with extreme cruelty. The reply was a general denial.

The defendant, a man 62 years of age, previously married and divorced and the father of grown daughters, and the plaintiff, a woman 54 years of age, twice previously married and once divorced, and the mother of a grown daughter, were married April 7, 1937. At the time, plaintiff was a widow living in Oklahoma City, operating a boarding and rooming house, and…