Case Name: George T. Cooper, Appellant, v. Betty M. Cooper, Respondent
Court: Washington Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Washington
Decision Date: 1962-07-05
Citations: 60 Wash. 2d 208
Docket Number: No. 36121
Parties: George T. Cooper, Appellant, v. Betty M. Cooper, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Washington Reports
Volume: 60
Pages: 208–209

Head Matter:
[No. 36121.
Department One.
July 5, 1962.]
George T. Cooper, Appellant, v. Betty M. Cooper, Respondent.
Dobson, Houser & Dobson and David C. Dobson, for appellant.
Carl A. Jonson (of Johnson, Jonson & Inslee), for respondent.
Reported in 373 P. (2d) 109.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The plaintiff husband appeals from a judgment dismissing his action for divorce. There is really nothing for us to review.
Confronted with a situation where, as here, the only witnesses as to the grounds for divorce are the parties, the trial court may believe one and disbelieve the other. If undecided whom to believe, it may find that the grounds for divorce have not been established by the preponderance of the evidence. Paulson v. Paulson (1950), 37 Wn. (2d) 555, 225 P. (2d) 206; Braun v. Braun (1948), 31 Wn. (2d) 468, 197 P. (2d) 442.
Where, as here, the trial court specifically finds that the plaintiff has not sustained the burden of proof as to the grounds for divorce, it is not the province of this court to tell it whom and what it should have believed.
The judgment is affirmed.