Small v. Small

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Foth, C.:

This is an appeal by the husband-defendant from certain aspects of the trial court’s judgment in a divorce action, basically, his complaints in this court relate to the amount of alimony decreed, the property division, and the fact that he was ordered to pay in full his wife’s attorney fees in this action.

The parties, Paxton (appellant) and Sally (appellee), were married in June, 1957, when Paxton was twenty-one and Sally was twenty. The early years of marriage are somewhat obscure in the record, but they were apparently tranquil enough to…