Gedwell v. Gedwell
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Texas County Circuit Court. — So». Wilson Taylor, Special Judge. (1) While a suit for divorce is a statutory action, on appeal the appellate court will review the evidence for itself, and determine whether or not it justifies the judgment of the lower court and will award such judgment as the lower court should have awarded. All-free v. Allfree, 75 Mo. App. 345; Grove v. Grove, 79 Mo. App. 142; Green v. Green, 22 Mo. App. 494; Barth v. Barth, 168 Mo.
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Appeal from Texas County Circuit Court. — So». Wilson Taylor, Special Judge. (1) While a suit for divorce is a statutory action, on appeal the appellate court will review the evidence for itself, and determine whether or not it justifies the judgment of the lower court and will award such judgment as the lower court should have awarded. All-free v. Allfree, 75 Mo. App. 345; Grove v. Grove, 79 Mo. App. 142; Green v. Green, 22 Mo. App. 494; Barth v. Barth, 168 Mo. App. 423; Donelly v. Donelly, 150 Mo. App. 660. (2) An admission or confession of guilt, (even if admissible when made by a wife to…
1Opinion of the CourtFarrington, J.
A clecree of divorce was granted to the plaintiff husband, and defendant has appealed.
The ground alleged in plaintiff’s petition for divorce was that the defendant wife offered such indignities to plaintiff as to render his condition in life intolerable in that about the year 1905 defendant became infatuated with a priest in the city of Chicago by the name of Steponovich and permitted bim to frequently call on her and that when she was reprimanded by plaintiff admitted to plaintiff that she was in love with Steponovich; that on November 26, 1912, six years after plaintiff and defendant had…
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- Scholl v. SchollMissouri Court of Appeals · 1916