LEIGH v. LEIGH

No. 48821.

73 N.W.2d 727 (1955)

Claude LEIGH, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Fern LEIGH, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

December 13, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kindig & Beebe, Sioux City, for defendant-appellant.

Harry H. Smith, Sioux City, for plaintiff-appellee.


LARSON, Justice.

Plaintiff, age 49, and defendant, age 39, residents of Sioux City, Iowa, began living together as man and wife in the spring of 1941. Although they had separated for a short time about two years prior to these proceedings when each filed and later dismissed divorce actions against the other, the parties continued to live together until shortly before the commencement of this action July 13, 1954. The plaintiff's petition alleged cruel and inhuman...

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