Supreme Court of Iowa December 14, 1882 (Sesterhen v. Sesterhen)

Rothrook, J.

I. The plaintiff and the defendant Sesterhen, were married in year 1866. The plaintiff is now about fifty-three years old, and the defendant is some years younger. The plaintiff had been residing with her brother upon a farm, and neither of the parties owned any real estate. The plaintiff had' kept house for her brother for a number of years.