Bastjan

Bastjan v. Bastjan

Good Law
1932 Cal. LEXIS 469·215 Cal. 662·12 P.2d 627
Supreme Court of CaliforniaJune 23, 1932Docket No. L.A. 11309.California2,758 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Preston, J.

In this cause the opinion of Mr. Justice Sturtevant, heretofore rendered by the honorable District Court of Appeal for the First Appellate District, Division Two, is hereby adopted as a portion of the opinion of this court herein as follows, to wit:

“By their pleadings each party asked for a divorce and a division of properties. Each spouse accused the other of cruelty. The plaintiff set forth all properties held by both parties claiming to own a half interest in each. The defendant set forth all properties making the same claim except that he claimed as separate property a tract located at Newport in Orange county and a tract located in San Bernardino county.

“The trial court made a finding that the plaintiff’s al- . legations of cruelty were true and that the defendant’s allegations of cruelty were not true and awarded the plaintiff an interlocutory decree of divorce, counsel fees in the sum of $500, costs of suit, and also awarded her properties of the estimated value of about one-half of all the properties exclusive of those located in Orange county and those located in San Bernardino county. Those tracts the court held to be the separate property of the husband-. After the…

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