McCahan

McCahan v. McCahan

Good Law
1920 Cal. App. LEXIS 418·47 Cal. App. 173·190 P. 458
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaApril 20, 1920Civ. No. 3320.California1,121 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Waste, J.

This is an appeal from an order directing the appellant to pay to his wife, the respondent, $343 as costs and counsel fees, on appeal in a divorce action, in which judgment was entered in favor of the plaintiff, and from which judgment the respondent here appealed.

The complaint is on the ground of extreme cruelty. The defendant answered denying the allegations of cruelty, and filed a cross-complaint for permanent support and maintenance, and in which she also alleged that a certain contract of separation, theretofore entered into by the parties, was executed by reason of undue influence. This allegation plaintiff denied. The case was tried by a jury which answered all of the special interrogatories, submitted to it, in favor of the plaintiff. These answers were adopted and approved by ■ the court, which made certain additional findings of its own motion. With full knowledge of the facts, it sanctioned the agreement in part, and granted a decree of divorce to the plaintiff. That judgment was affirmed by this court. (McCahan v. McCahan, post, p. 176, [ 190 Pac. 460 ].) A complete statement of the facts of the case is contained in that opinion.

After judgment the defendant moved…

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