Thomson

The parties intermarried June 25, 1902, and ever since have been and now are husband and wife. The plaintiff was then of the age of twenty-two years and the defendant was thirty-one. At the time of the marriage the plaintiff owned securities of the value of $4,000. The defendant’s property at that time, together with that acquired by him as his separate property shortly thereafter, was of the approximate value of $4,000. Beginning with the fall of 1907 the defendant attended law school for about two years, during which period his earnings were negligible in amount. During the other years since the marriage his average annual earnings, as a teacher prior to 1907 and as a lawyer since 1909, have been approximately $1,200. Subsequent to the marriage the plaintiff received as gifts from her mother and invested in real estate, which is clearly her separate property, the sum of $22,000. Neither this sum nor the property purchased therewith is in serious controversy. In addition to such gifts and in addition to the property owned by the plaintiff at the time of her marriage she has received gifts or legacies as follows: December 31, 1905, $4,000; December 31, 1905, $21,000; July 31,…