Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-07
MRS, lAPLANT GIVEN MOST OF
FARM LAND AND PART OF CITY
PROPERTY.
DIVORCE GRANTED FOR
HARITUAL DRUNKENNESS
Hearing Lasts Only Few Minutes, and
Decree Provides For Division OF
Propsrty-Wife Testifies Husband
Has Been HahituaIly Drunk For Sew
eraI Months.

Mrs. Phebe D. LaPlant was divorced
from Charles T. LaPlant, at short
hearing late Tuesday afternoon before
Judge Nichols, who signed decree
which confirms the division of the pro-
perty. This division was made out Of
court by the attorneys representing
the husband and wife, who. reaching
an agreement as to the division, were
able, because of an agreement of an
agreement between themselves. to hold
off the filing of the case until Tuesday.
then set the decree the same day.
Judge Nichols is opposed to hurry
up divorce proceedings. In this action.
however. the attorneys left nothing for
the court to do but hear a little undis-
puted testimony and sign the decree.
Mrs. LaPlant Gets Property.
The divorce was granted for habituaI
drunkenness. Mrs. LaPlant testified
that up to the time they sep
arated recently he had been drunk al
most every day. She said she had
had physician for her husband
as often as three times day to pre-
vent him having delirium tremens.
Most of the property was awarded to
Mrs. LaPlant by the decree. She gets
the Chaplin farm, Of 200 acres. and the
lease and rent notes. also what is
known as the Sam Ewry farm of 113
acres. and Its lease and rent notes
Both these farms are a few miles
north of the city.
City Property Divided.
LaPlant gets twentv-six acres north
of the city. The quarter block of pro-
perties. corner of Main and Second
streets are divided. This property was
bought with joint funds and improved
with money both PLAINTIFF and defen-
dant furnished.
Mrs. LaPlant gets the west sixty
feet, by $50 north and south. This
property has the fiat and Everist wall
paper shop on it. The east line Of this
property is specifically decreed to be a
joint WALL each owning half.
Mrs. LaPlant also gets the north
ninety feet Of the two corner lots. a
tract just south Of the alley, ninety
feet wide by 40 east and west dimen-
sfons. 1t has on it the houses occu-
pied by C.. A. Smith and DR.. W. F.
David.
LaPlant gets the south ninety feet
OF the Two corner lOtS, a tract 9OX12O.
1t IS occupied by the corner house. the
LaPlant home, and the dwelling at 203
: West Main street.
Plaintiff Assumes Mortgage.
The $1,000 mortgage which is on the
entire quarter block. is to be assumed
by Mrs. LaPlant. She is to clear the
defendants property of any part of the
mortgage.
Mr.. and Mrs. LaPlant are each to pay
one-half of the 1913 taxes on the quar-
ter block. Mrs. LaPlant is to pay $50
for recent improvement on one of these
properties which she gets. She is to
pay her husband $500 in cash, and de-
liver to him a $500 note he gave to her.
LaPlant is to have all the January,
1914, rents of the quarter block
Each Owns Half of Horse.
The decree even went so far as to
establish the ownership OF the family
horse Each is to own one half of the
animal, and each is to pay one-half Of
the cost of keeping it. Also each is
to have ne-half of the proceeds if the
animal is sold.
The household goods are to be divid-
ed equally, and each is to provide at
once for the conveyance by deed of
property in accordance with the decree
All property not specifically divided
by the decree is to be the property Of
the one who holds title, if it's real es-
tate and of the one who happens to
have possession if it is personal prop
erty.