Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1919-07-26
RECENT SUITS FILED
IN DISTRICT COURT
The Demand For Divorces
Shows Some Falling OFF Dur
ing Hot Weather


since last report. The newest condi-
dates for freedom are the following:
Maybelle b. Tiedman VS.. Tudor II.
Tiedman.-Suit for divorce. The
complaint alleges that the parties
were married in Los Angeles August
8. 1911. and charges failure to pro-
vide, cruelty and infidelity against
defendant Plaintiff asks for the Gus
tody of the children, Jane Tiedman,
aged six. and Tudor. aged 4.
William H. Paulus VS.. Maud f.
the parties were married at San
BernardinO, Cal. August pa, 1915.
Plaintiff alleges desertion and fail
ure to provide. Thomas & Ham are
attorney for plaintiff.
Gladys K. Colket VS.. Las Vegas &
Tonopah Railroad COmpany.-to re-
cover balance due on two promissory
notes dated Nov. 20, 1917 for $4,000
and A6.666.66 respectively. This is
another suit brought In the process
of closing up the affairs of the L. v.
& T. McNamee & McNamee are at
torneys for plaintiff.
Hazel B. Mckinney VS.. Willis F.
McKinney-For divorce The COM
plant states that the parties were
married August 4, 1917 at Las We
gas. Owing to the death of defend
ant since the filing of the complaint,
calendar. c. D. Breeze is attorney
for plaintiff.
Harry Lipsitz VS.. Lille Lipsitz.-
For divorce. The parties were mar
ried at Baltimore. Maryland. Janu-
airy 2, 1916. The complaint alleges
desertjpn Stevens & Henderson are
attorneys for plaintiff
Donald H. Clingan VS.. Francis w.
Clingan-The parties We're married
near. Jonesboro, Cashington county,
Tenn, October Is, 1909. The COM
plant alleges desertion. McNamee
& McNamee appear for plaintiff.
Helen Green VS.. T. H. Green.-For
divorce. The parties were married
in Kansas City. Missouri. June "a.
1908. The complaint alleges that
there are four children of plaintiff
and defendant. Helen Dolores Green.
aged about ten years; Maureen
Green, aged about Z years; Thomas
HALEY Green. aged about 519 years,
and Christine Eble Green, aged about
years. Plaintiff states that there
is no community property, but the
defendant is the owner of a farm
worth about $4,000. a residence in
Kansas City worth about $4,000 and
about $4,000 in money.
AS the grounds for divorce. plain
tiff makes the following allegations:
That since the said marriage, de-
fendant has treated plaintiff with ex-
treme cruelty and has caused her
great and grevious mental and physi-
cal suffering and mental anguish.
Some of the specific and particular
acts of cruelty complained of being
as follows. to-wit: That since said
marriage defendant has been a man
OF violent and ungoverned temper, IT.
ritable and hard to get along with;
could never stand his children near
him and was harsh and abusive tow
ard them; has very frequently since
said marriage applied to plaintiff
vile and opprobrious epithets and ap-'
pellatiOns and has used toward her
and her children violent, profane,
abusive and threatening language.
thereby causing plaintiff great men
tai anguish and suffering. mortifica-
ton and humiliation. destroying her
peace of mind and making her un-
happy and miseable
That about the month of March.
1909. at the home of her parents in
Kansas City. Mo-. shortly before the
birth of child of the parties.
defendant proposed to take a pleas
ure trip. and plaintiff objected upon
the ground of her delicate condition,
which made it impossible for her to
accompany him. and also desirable
in her opinion to have him with her;
thereupon defendant raved and ours
ed. using loud. violent. abusive and
profane language of and to plaintiff
and despite her protests went upon
said trip and was gone a week.
That about the month of July. 1916.
at Santa Clara. California. plaintiff
found a postal card written In de-
fendants handwriting and signed by
him. addressed to one Anna Yelver-
tson in Kansos City. Missouri. in