Baumgardner v. Baumgardner

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fatzer, J.:

The plaintiff, William E. Baumgardner, commenced an action against the defendant, Doris L. Baumgardner, for a divorce on the grounds of extreme cruelty and gross neglect of duty. The defendant filed a cross petition for divorce alleging the same grounds. Subsequently, and with permission of the district court, the defendant amended her cross petition to include the ground of adultery. Both parties sought an absolute decree of divorce from the other, an equitable division of the property accumulated by them during the marriage, and in…