Gilpin v. Gilpin
Supreme Court of Colorado
Error to Superior Court of Denver. This was an action by Ex-Gov. William Gilpin, plaintiff below, against his wife, formerly Mrs. Julia P. Dickerson. The parties were married in 1874. At the time of the marriage plaintiff was a bachelor, about fifty-nine years of age, and defendant a widow, about thirty-eight years of age, with four children,— one boy, about eight years old, named Sidney, and three girls, aged about four, six and ten years, respectively.
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Error to Superior Court of Denver. This was an action by Ex-Gov. William Gilpin, plaintiff below, against his wife, formerly Mrs. Julia P. Dickerson. The parties were married in 1874. At the time of the marriage plaintiff was a bachelor, about fifty-nine years of age, and defendant a widow, about thirty-eight years of age, with four children,— one boy, about eight years old, named Sidney, and three girls, aged about four, six and ten years, respectively. By this marriage there are three children, two of them twins, Willie and Marie,- born in 1875, and the third, Louis, born in 1877. The…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Elliott
The defendant below having steadfastly resisted the granting of the divorce as well as the decree depriving her of the custody of the children, the first question necessary to be considered is whether or not there was error occurring at the trial which might have affected the verdict of the jury. Plaintiff’s counsel strenuously insist that this court should not disturb the verdict in a case like this; that the jury, having an opportunity to see and hear the living witnesses, are better able than the appellate court to judge of the truth of matters of fact, especially when there are a large…
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