Williams v. Williams

This is a divorce action. The plaintiff in her petition charged the defendant with extreme cruelty. The defendant by answer denied the charge, and by cross-petition alleged that the plaintiff was guilty of extreme cruelty. The trial court found generally for the plaintiff, awarded her an absolute divorce and permanent alimony, and dismissed the defendant’s cross-petition. Motion for a new trial was overruled November 8, 1944, and defendant appealed to this court.

The cause was argued by counsel and submitted to this court on June 5, 1945, and on June 8, 1945, the defendant’s death occurred,…