Doolittle v. Doolittle
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Howard District Court. — Hon. L. 0. Hatch, Judge. Action by plaintiff for divorce and alimony. Defendant denies the grounds for a divorce alleged by plaintiff, and by cross-petition demands a divorce from plaintiff, and asks that the title to a forty-acre tract of land be quieted in him.
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Appeal from Howard District Court. — Hon. L. 0. Hatch, Judge. Action by plaintiff for divorce and alimony. Defendant denies the grounds for a divorce alleged by plaintiff, and by cross-petition demands a divorce from plaintiff, and asks that the title to a forty-acre tract of land be quieted in him. After a hearing on the merits, the district court rendered a decree in favor of plaintiff, divorcing her from defendant, confirming her title to all personal and real estate to which she holds the legal title including the tract of land claimed by defendant, and requiring him to pay to her the sum…
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
Plaintiff was married to defendant on°the third day of February, 1857, and lived with him as his wife until the spring of 1886, when she left him. At the time of their marriage, defendant owned a farm of one hundred and sixty acres in Howard county, a small amount of personal property, and some money. Plaintiff also had about one hundred and twenty-five-dollars in money. They at once moved onto the farm, and continued to reside thereon most of the time, and make it their home, until plaintiff left defendant as aforesaid. Both were economical and industrious, and they succeeded in accumulating…
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