Kolbe v. Kolbe

Citations

• 50 Wash. 298
• 97 P. 236
• 1908 Wash. LEXIS 717

Syllabus

<p>Divorce — Division of Property. Upon awarding a divorce to a husband on the ground of abandonment, the husband is liberally provided for in the division of the property) having regard to the respective merits of the parties, their condition, and the party through whom the property was acquired, as required by Bal. Code, § 5723, where it appears that at the time of their marriage, he was a young man in good health, able to work and worth $2,000, while the wife was considerably older and possessed of an estate worth $70,000; that she provided all his living expenses for five years, while he did nothing hut look after investments, and the parties having separated, the husband was awarded an estate valued at $23,000 and the wife an estate -valued at $92,000.</p>