Stewart v. Stewart

This appeal is from a decree of the Circuit Court of Tuscaloosa County divorcing the parties to this proceeding, making a property division, awarding alimony in gross to the wife, and requiring the husband to pay the costs of the proceeding and the wife's attorney's fee. Appellant-husband asserts that the trial court erred in its division of property and award of alimony in gross.

The facts show that the parties were married in 1966 shortly after both received undergraduate degrees from Cornell College in Mt. Vernon, Iowa. The husband at this time was pursuing a masters degree at the…