Monen v. Monen

CAMPBELL,, J.

Defendant O. T. Monen is a fanner, 74 years of age, residing near Inwood, Iowa, and defendant Gurine Monen is his wife, aged about 76. In 1928 plaintiff, then aged 17, married a son of t'he defendants, -then aged 23. Of this marriage there were two children, both boys, one born in February, 1929, and one in February, 1931. In 1934 plaintiff and her husband separated after a series of marital difficulties that had persisted more or less continuously since very shortly after their marriage. In April, 1935, plaintiff instituted the present action against the defendants, charging…