Leon v. Leon
Oregon Supreme Court
Prom Multnomah: Henry E. McGinn, Judge. Victor Leon commenced a suit for divorce against Dela Leon, in which the Circuit Court granted a decree of divorce to the wife, and from an order awarding the custody of a daughter to the husband, defendant appeals. Order modified to give the mother the custody of the child.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Moore.
This was a suit by the husband for a divorce on the alleged ground of adultery by the wife, and to obtain the custody of their daughter now six years old. The answer denied the charge of marital infidelity, and by way of cross-complaint and for affirmative relief averred that the plaintiff had been guilty of cruel and inhuman treatment of the defendant and of personal indignities rendering her life burdensome. The reply denied the allegations of new matter in the answer, and, the cause having been tried, the decree of divorce was granted to the wife, but the…
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