Banta v. Banta

The parties occupy the same positions here as in the court below, and we shall refer to them in that manner. They were married in Clay county, Tex., on December 1, 1922, and immediately established a home at Comanche, Okla., where the defendant was in the mercantile business. No children have been born to the marriage. The parties legally adopted a female child, who is now of legal age and married. The store at Comanche was sold in 1927, and the parties moved to Oklahoma City. Thereafter, they bought a stock of goods and established a store in Crescent, Okla. The defendant’s father died in…