Anderson v. Anderson

PALMORE, Judge.

Grace and Paul Anderson, the parties to this appeal, parted company after some ten years of marriage. Paul sued for and was granted a divorce. Grace’s counterclaim for alimony was denied, and she appeals.

At the inception of the marriage Paul owned a farm in Illinois, which he later sold for $16,000. He then bought a 299-acre farm in Marshall County, Kentucky, for $15,000. His estate now consists of that farm, five cows, $1,700 in money, and an interest in a farm tractor. It was stipulated that the farm is now worth $35,000.

Both parties had been previously married, and when she…