Legal Opinion

Van Brunt v. Van Brunt

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided July 15, 1893PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Error from Pottawatomie District Court. Action by L. L. Van Brunt for a divorce. At the September term, 1889, there was a judgment for defendant, and plaintiff comes to this court. The opinion states the facts.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Allen, J.:

The parties to this action were married in 1856, and were, at the time this action was tried, both over 70 years old; yet the plaintiff, in the late evening of life, has brought her suit, seeking release from the matrimonial bond entered into so long ago, charging her husband with abandonment, cruelty, and gross neglect of duty. The defendant answers with a denial of these charges, and counter charges of cruel treatment and neglect on the part of the plaintiff toward him. He also alleges that he was induced^ by threats and repeated…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Snodgrass v. SnodgrassSupreme Court of Kansas · 1889

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Davis v. DavisSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1916
  2. Johnson v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1896
  3. Putnam v. PutnamSupreme Court of Kansas · 1919
  4. Privett v. PrivettSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1923
  5. Kelso v. KelsoSupreme Court of Kansas · 1958

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