Brooks v. Brooks

This is an action by Lorene Brooks, the wife, against Vernon C. Brooks, the husband (hereinafter designated by their christian names), in which she seeks an accounting of the proceeds of an alleged joint adventure between them, a receiver, and general equitable relief. She charged that some of the proceeds of the joint adventure were applied to the purchase of certain described real estate and prayed that she be decreed a joint owner of the same, and, as we read the record, it indicates the amount in dispute exceeds $15,000. A trial resulted in the dismissal of plaintiff's bill. She appealed…