Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-07-02
YOUNG WIDOW GETS
$4,000 ALIMONY

would have been granted a divorce
from dead man II the supreme court
had ruled as requested in an opinion
handed down Monday.
| The courts decision was, however,
that high tribunal, death" had
passed upon the case and had left them
powerless to make q decision. It-ruled
that the wife was entitled to a divorce
when it was granted in the lower
courts and to the $4,000 alimony
awarded her
The courts opinion recites that In
1890, when M. B. Doolittle cOurted his
wife, Anna E. Doolittle, she was II
years old and he was 81. The opin-
ion says the evidence shows the girl
wife was little country girl. Mr..
Doolittle pressed his suit with the
usual vigor of one experienced in
courtship," If he had been married be-
fore. The court says the wealthy
farmer Of Howard county pictured a
life of ease, travel land pleasure, such
as wealth could afford, to the country
girl. It also points out that the wife's
anticipation of pleasure was dispelled
after the marriage for her husband
kept his money.
In 1910, divorce proceedings were
started. The wife received decree
of divorce, the homestead valued at
50, 900 and $4,000 alimony. Mr.. Doc
! little appealed his case to the supreme
court He was near 80 years. the opin
| ion recites. After the appeal was per-
fected he died. But it was still d.
vorce action when ]. E. Doolittle and
| }. H. Jones, executors of his last will,
became defendants in Doolittle's place.
They wanted the divorce action de-
cided by the high court to settle the
division of the estate. The court found
that in her alimony, the wife received
about one-third of the estate-what
she is entitled to under the law after
her husbands death. There was no
reason why the granting of divorce
and the apportionment of the state by
the lower court should not stand, the
supreme court held. Other decisions
follow:
George W. Little, ct al vs.. Mime
apolis .Threshing Machine Co.. appel
liant, Pottawattamie county; Judge
o. D. Wheeler Action to remove fore
closure chattel mortgage; affirmed,
opinion by Deemer.
Mary E. Langdon vs.. Ernest Ahrends
appellant, Marshall county, Judge w.
N. Treichler. Action for damages for
injury in auto accident; affirmed.
opinion by Deemer.
Clark Ruffcorn, appellant VS.. board
of supervisors, Harrison county, Judge
10. D. Wheeler. Action for construc-
ton of bridge, reversed, opinion by
Deemer.
w. B. Doran VS.. Waterloo, Cedar
Falls and Northern Railway Co., ap-
pellants, Bremen county, Judge e.. H.
Kelly. Personal injury case; affirmed,
opinion by Gaynor.
J State VS.. Albert Ousley, appellant,
Polk county, Judge w. H. McHenry.
Assault to commit rape; affirmed, opin-
ion by Withrow.
Thomas Meehan VS.. Henry G. Pithin,
appellant, Crawford county, Judge F.
M. Powers. Question of fraud in
bankruptcy; affirmed, opinion by Gay.
nor.
Elmer stearns, appellant vs.. G. R. I.
& P. Ry Co., Linn county. Judge w.
M. Treichler. Personal injury; af-
firmed, opinion by Deemer.
F. NJ Hubbell. appellant. VS.. city OF
Des Moines. Polk county; Judge
Hewitt. Suit on condemnation OF
land: affirmed, opinion by Deemer.
Estate Of Anna NJ Anderson, WHEEL
nina f. Peterson ct al appellants;
Mitchell county, Judge J. F. Clyde, al
firmed, opinion by Ladd-