Bauman v. Clark

Ralph R. Clark, the plaintiff, brought suit for divorce, and the defendant Lydia V. Clark, by way of cross-complaint, sought a decree of separation from bed and board. After trial the court entered a decree dismissing the plaintiff’s cause of suit and dismissing the defendant’s cross-complaint and ordering that the plaintiff pay to the defendant the sum of $4,750 as attorney’s fees and costs. The plaintiff appealed, and while the cause was pending in this court, he died. The defendant then filed a motion for an order dismissing the appeal which was taken by the plaintiff and also dismissing…