DeSoto v. DeSoto

WOOD (Parker), J.

In this divorce action, commenced by the husband, the wife obtained an interlocutory decree upon her cross-complaint which alleged extreme cruelty. The husband appeals and contends only that the court erred in ordering that certain real property (house and lot) be held in joint tenancy by the parties hereto.

Plaintiff alleged in his complaint that the property was his separate property. Defendant alleged in her cross-complaint that it was community property.

The parties were married in August, 1949. They separated in January, 1953. Plaintiff purchased the property in 1933 and…