Chatterton v. Chatterton

This is a suit for divorce by the plaintiff wife on the grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment and in which the defendant husband filed a cross-complaint. The decree awarded a divorce to the wife and further directed the parties to be owners as tenants in common of all the realty claimed by them or either of them. Plaintiff appeals only from that part of the decree maldng the aforesaid division of the real property. There is no dispute as to the law applicable in this matter.

The realty consisted of two parcels, the home place in Newport, Oregon, and several unimproved waterfront lots situated…