Besse v. Besse

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

This is an appeal from a judgment in a divorce case touching the. division of property, the award of alimony, and the insufficiency of the security to insure its payment.

Briefly, the facts were these: For many years past and until the current economic depression the defendant has been a successful business man in southeastern Kansas. His home has been in Pitts-burg, and he has accumulated mineral lands in Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma, and expensive machinery for their exploitation. He has had considerable holdings in hotel and theater…