Argyle v. Argyle

DURHAM, Justice:

By this appeal the defendant seeks reversal of a decree of divorce, claiming that the trial court erred in its valuation of the parties’ marital property and in its award of a cash settlement in lieu of certain property rights. We affirm.

The plaintiff and defendant were married on September 29, 1955. They had five children, all but one adults at the time of this action. The defendant was employed by the Argyle family ranch throughout the marriage. In 1963, his mother, Emma Ire-ta Argyle, then a widow, made a gift to defendant and his brother, Ralph Argyle, of certain real…