Overton v. Overton

This appeal is taken from decree entered in a contested divorce action. Appellant husband contends the trial court erred in finding him guilty of adultery and in ordering all his property divided, or sold and the net proceeds divided, equally between the parties and additionally ordering him to pay periodic alimony.

Concerning grounds for divorce, the decree found that each party’s allegations had been proven. The wife’s complaint alleged the husband’s adultery, and the husband’s counterclaim alleged the wife’s physical cruelty. Neither party complains in this appeal of the dual factual…