Stein v. Stein
Supreme Court of Colorado
Appeal from District Court of Arapahoe County. Action for divorce. It appears from the record that the appellant was a practicing physician. That his income was between two thousand and three thousand dollars per annum. The court below, in its decree, found that the appellant at the time was possessed of moneys, goods and chattels and real estate, to the value of thirty-six hundred dollars.
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Appeal from District Court of Arapahoe County. Action for divorce. It appears from the record that the appellant was a practicing physician. That his income was between two thousand and three thousand dollars per annum. The court below, in its decree, found that the appellant at the time was possessed of moneys, goods and chattels and real estate, to the value of thirty-six hundred dollars. That the appellee had had the care and support of the two children (aged respectively eight and fifteen years), continuously from March, 1876, to September, 1878, and thereupon allowed alimony in the sum…
1Opinion of the Court
•Stone, J.
It is contended by appellant that the suit for divorce was prematurely brought. The bill alleges desertion, continued for more than one year prior to bringing suit, as ground for the divorce sought. It is admitted that appellant quit the dwelling house for good, and ceased sleeping there about the 3rd of May, 1876, and that the bill for divorce was ‘filed April 7th, 1877. On the other hand, it is established by the testimony, that in the month of March, 1876, appellant, among other acts complained of, ceased to occupy the bedroom of his wife, and from that time to the date of his…
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