Bonfield
Bonfield v. Bonfield
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Langdon, J.
This is an appeal by the defendant from an order of the superior court in and for the city and county of San Francisco setting aside a final decree of divorce in favor of plaintiff.
The action was commenced on April 28, 1921, by the filing of a complaint charging extreme cruelty. After trial plaintiff secured an interlocutory decree of divorce on May 3, 1921. On February 23, 1923, defendant made a motion for the entry of the final decree. Plaintiff appeared and objected to the granting of the motion upon the ground that since the entry of the interlocutory decree the parties had lived together as husband and wife. As a result, the motion for a final decree of divorce was denied. Later, the parties entered into a stipulation, waiving all legal objections to the entry of the final decree and requesting the court to enter the same, and the defendant agreed to pay to plaintiff the sum of six hundred dollars, in monthly installments of fifty dollars. This stipulation was signed by the attorney then acting for plaintiff and the attorney for defendant. It was filed in court on May 11, 1923, and thereupon the order was made granting the motion of defendant for the final decree. On June…