Franklin v. Bonner

This is an original proceeding in certio-rari, to test the jurisdiction of the respondent court to modify a decree of divorce with respect to the custody of children and the payment of alimony, as provided in said decree. The record before us discloses that, on October 29, 1921, a decree of divorce was entered in the district court of Iowa in and for Polk County, wherein the plaintiff Ethel May Franklin (petitioner herein) was granted an absolute divorce from the defendant John Franklin, Jr., and by the terms of said decree plaintiff was given the custody of the minor children, and judgment…