The Glenwood post., 1915-12-18
Minnie B. coryensays Her Illus.
band, P. c. colye|| Secured
Decree ByFraud and Deceit
DENIES ALLEGATIONS

A motion, somewhat sensational in
its allegations. was filed this week in
the county court in the old divorce
case of Perry c. Coryell against Minnie
B. Coryell, in which decree was
granted the plaintiff by default May
3, 1915.
AT The time the decree was enterc,i
against Mrs. Coryell on the petition Of
her husband, who charged mental
cruelty, many people wondered that Mrs.
Coryell made no defense, but let the
case go against her by default In fact
SO unusual was the case that many
people hinted at an understanding or
frameup between the parties.
In the motion filed this week by Mrs.
Coryell, through her attorneys, Kings
bury & Mayes, Mrs. Coryell admits
that she was served with summons in
the case, but alleges that she and Mr.
Coryell afterwards talked matters over
together and agreed that whatever
troubles and differences there had been
between them had been settled and ad
justed and that Mr.. Coryell agreed
that the suit which he had begun
against his wife would be Immediately
dismissed and that Mrs. Coryell was
assured by her husband that it woul
be unnecessary for her to give further
thought or heed to the action as noSh.
ing further would come of IT..
The motion -ffnrther-+eci4es that after
the divorce suit was started the parties
litigant Lived together as husband an |
wife in cabin at Harvey Gap where
Mr.. Coryell was mining coal and thai
they continued to SO live together until
Mr.. Coryell suggested to his wife tina;
because of the cramped quarters ami
the uncomfortable surroundings it woull
be better for Mrs. Coryell to return to
their home at New Castle, which sh;
did, being accompanied to the home by
her husband. ''---s'
1t is further claimed that the defend.
ant, trusting her husband and relying
on his word that the suit against her
would be dismissed, supposed at all
times after said promise had been male
that the suit had been terminated, paid
no further attention to the matter and
was surprised to learn recently that Il
hearing was had and decree of Ii
vorce had been entered. ~.
The defendant denies the charges
made against her by her husband i'll
the original petition and says she coul1
have refuted them and would have done
so had she known the ease was coming
to trial. She declares that the decree
of divorce was rendered against ier
through fraud, deceit and trickery and
through her failure to resist the appli.
cation owing to the fact that she re-
lied upon the sincerity of her husband
when he told her there would be moth
ing further to the case.
Defendant therefore asks that the
decree OF divorce may be set aside and
held for naught and that the case may
be reopened to the end that hearing
may be had upon the issues in the ease.
The above action will cause much
surprise to the friends of Mr.. and Mrs.
Coryell in this county, as did the news
of their divorce action. The parties
are both very well known in western
Colorado, being pioneers in the New
Castle country where they have been
prominently identified with the coal
mining industry for many years. The
defendant has, asked for hearing OH