Daroux v. Daroux
Daroux v. Daroux
Opinion of the Court
This is an appeal on the part of the defendant from a judgment in the plaintiff’s favor in an action for divorce instituted by him on the ground of cruelty and in which it was also sought to have the property rights of the parties determined.
There is a preliminary motion to dismiss the appeal upon the ground that the defendant, having received and retained certain portions of the property in dispute between the parties and dealt with in the interlocutory decree, has thereby lost her right of appeal. In view of the fact, however, that the settlement of the property rights of the parties to an action for divorce is a mere incident of the main purpose of the action, and also in view of the dis *224 position of the courts to hear and determine actions for divorce upon both trial and appeal upon their merits, we have concluded to deny the motion to dismiss this appeal, and to deal with the main issue presented to us.'
As to the appellant’s contention in relation to the alleged error of the trial court in refusing' to credit the defendant with certain sums of money claimed to have been paid *225 by her to the plaintiff, the evidence is conflicting, the plaintiff testifying that upon a general accounting of money transactions between the parties the balance would be in his favor. We will not, therefore, interfere with the conclusions arrived at by the trial court in this regard.
Finding no error in this record the judgment is affirmed.
Kerrigan, J., and Waste, P. J., concurred.
A petition to have the cause heard in the supreme court, after judgment in the district court of appeal, was denied by the supreme court on August 15, 1921.
All the Justices concurred, except Angellotti, C. J., and Wilbur, J., who were absent.
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- FRANK A. DAROUX, Respondent, v. THERESA DAROUX, Appellant
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