Winston v. Slaton

Opinion op the Court by

Ureal, Commissioner

Affirming.

In April, 1906, Jennie Winston instituted an action for divorce against J. S. Winston in the Union circuit court on grounds which it is unnecessary to enumerate. She alleged that he was wasting his estate and that some months before the filing of the action he had sold a farm for $20,000 and received a large portion of the purchase price in money and notes; that in order to induce his mother, Eliza Winston, to join in the conveyance and relinquish her right of dower in the land he promised to invest a sufficiency of the proceeds derived from…