Inskeep v. Inskeep
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from the Wappello District Oourt. These parties were married in the State of Ohio, in the year 1811, and continued to reside there until the spring of 1849, when they removed to Wappello county in this state, where they have had their domicil to this time. In December, 1854, they separated, and on the 2d of the succeeding month of January, she filed her petition for divorce and alimony.
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Appeal from the Wappello District Oourt. These parties were married in the State of Ohio, in the year 1811, and continued to reside there until the spring of 1849, when they removed to Wappello county in this state, where they have had their domicil to this time. In December, 1854, they separated, and on the 2d of the succeeding month of January, she filed her petition for divorce and alimony. From this petition, we learn that at said date, the number of children born to said parties, and then living, were five, two of them being married and settled in life, and the youngest, a daughter being…
1Opinion of the Court
Wright, C. J.'
-The questions presented by counsel for the respective parties, for our determination, are substantially as follows:
1. Is the charge of adultery sustained by the proof?
2. If not, is complainant entitled to a divorce, for the reason that she and respondent cannot live in peace and happiness together, and that their welfare requires a separation ?
3. If a divorce shall be decreed for this last cause, shall it be a vi/ieulo or a mena et thora ? And
4. If she is entitled to a divorce for either cause, and in either form, is the decree for alimony as made by the court below, correct ?
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