Nichols

This action was brought by plaintiff against defendant Charles Wadsworth Nichols for a divorce on the ground of extreme cruelty.

The complaint was filed on April 18', 1931. It alleges among other things that there is community property belonging to plaintiff and defendant Nichols of the value of $100,000, consisting of their home, a confectionery store and restaurant, and a candy store, located in Pasadena, California; also a certain mortgage executed in favor of the said defendant Nichols by defendants Spalding for the sum of $12,000, and other property; that plaintiff has no means or funds for the support of herself or to pay attorney’s fees and court costs; that said defendant has an income of $10,000 per annum from said community property and is amply able to pay plaintiff a reasonable amount for her support and for her attorney’s fee and court costs. It is further alleged that said defendant for the purpose of defrauding plaintiff and with the intent of concealing the ownership of their said home caused it to be conveyed to the defendant First Trust & Savings Bank of Pasadena, as trustee of defendant, and that said trustee is now the owner and holder of the legal title to…