McKannay

The appellant, Harry G. McKannay, was granted an interlocutory decree of divorce from his wife, the defendant Mary E. McKannay, upon the ground of extreme cruelty. Said decree, besides granting the divorce, made disposition of the community property and the custody of the children; it also directed that plaintiff satisfy certain debts and encumbrances and pay the sum of $225 per month for the support of the defendant and the two minor children while said children were in the custody of defendant; or in the event of the death of both of said children, to pay defendant, as alimony, the sum of $50 per month. The only portions of said decree not appealed from by plaintiff are those portions which grant the divorce to him and award the children to his wife; the appeal comes before us upon the judgment-roll alone.

As above stated, there are two children the issue of said marriage, a daughter, Mary Louise, and a son, Richard Hill, aged twelve and seven years respectively at the time the findings were made in 1922. At the time the decree was granted and for a period of four years prior thereto the defendant with said children resided in the home of the parties on Twentieth Avenue, in San…