Detert v. Detert

It is my judgment that under our statutes (1) the cross-complaint of the defendant wife fails to state sufficient facts to constitute a cause of aetion for divorce, and (2) that the evidence introduced is wholly insufficient to sustain a decree and lump sum awarded in her favor.

A few additional facts from the record may prove helpful here. The defendant Mary Detert formerly lived in Oklahoma from whence she came to Montana in 1937. She acquired and operated a small cafe in St. Ignatius where she met the plaintiff Otto Detert. After an acquaintance of a couple of weeks they were married. She…