Rieper v. Rieper

Philips, C.

In May, 1878, the plaintiff filed her petition against the defendant Charles Rieper, alleging in substance, that she was married to defendant on the 8th day of August, 1877, in the city of St. Louis; that at the time of her marriage she wms the owner and possessed of $1,400 in money, and other personal property named, and that her husband had no property whatever; that defendant immediately after the marriage took possession of said money and has never accounted therefor to her; that soon afterward ho began and continued toward her a course of treatment .that was contemptuous,…