Supreme Court of Iowa December 7, 1859 (Dupont v. Dupont)

Stockton, J.

The only question in this cause is, whether the complainant was, under the evidence submitted to the District Court} entitled to a decree for alimony against the defendant.

It is provided by the Code, that when a divorce is decreed, the court may make such order in relation to the property of the parties and the maintenance of the wife as shall be right and proper. Section 1485.