Walden v. Walden

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Moore.

We will refer to plaintiff in error as James and to defendant in error as Lucy. The latter is the sister of defendant’s deceased wife. On April 6, 1955, six weeks following the death of her sister, Lucy married James at Littleton, Colorado, at which time she was 72 and James was 78 years of age.

July 29, 1959, Lucy filed a complaint for divorce and secured an ex parte order directing James to vacate the residence in which the parties had been living. James filed his answer and counterclaim for divorce in which he denied the grounds for divorce alleged by Lucy, and…