Hallett v. Hallett

Defendant, against whom a decree of divorce was granted, contends that the property award therein to his wife is grossly inequitable. The parties when married in 1904 had neither money nor property. After the death of his father in 1933 and prior to the filing of the bill of complaint herein, defendant as a sole heir acquired the remaining interest in a retail hardware business from which he had been receiving a part of the profits during his parents’ lifetime.

It is argued that the inherited property, towards which the wife contributed nothing, either by conservation or improvements, should…