BENTON v. BENTON

No. 36261.

145 N.W.2d 576 (1966)

180 Neb. 759

Cecile A. BENTON, Appellee, v. John M. BENTON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

October 21, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack E. Lyman, Scottsbluff, for appellant.

Robert M. Harris, Scottsbluff, for appellee.

Heard before WHITE, C. J., and SPENCER, BOSLAUGH, BROWER, SMITH and McCOWN, JJ., and NEWTON, District Judge.


SPENCER, Justice.

Plaintiff, Cecile A. Benton, brought suit for divorce against defendant, John M. Benton, on the ground of extreme cruelty. Defendant denied the allegations of the petition and cross-petitioned for a divorce. The trial court dismissed the cross-petition, and granted a divorce to the plaintiff. The defendant has perfected an appeal, attacking the sufficiency of the evidence to support the decree.

Plaintiff, who had a son by a prior marriage...

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