Mitchell v. Mitchell

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Horton, C. J.:

statementof Pecase. In July 1870, Sarah A. Mitchell obtained a decree of divorce from her husband, David H. Mitchell, on the ground of extreme cruelty, and, was allowed, as alimonD in the action, the sum of $14,000 to be paid a£ the end of ten years from the 1st of July 1870, the sum of $2,500 to be paid within ten days after the judgment, to enable her to purchase a homestead, and an annuity of $750, for the term of four years, payable quarterly each year, and the further annuity of $1,060, to commence after the expiration of the said…