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60 Cal. 579

Brown v. Brown

California Supreme Court

Decided June 13, 1882

California Supreme Court · decided 1882-06-13

Appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment for the plaintiff, and from an order denying a new trial, in the Superior Court of Los Angeles County. Sepulveda, J.

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Decided 1882-06-13

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Cited by 12 later decisions — most recently April 1957

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The Court:

¶1Plaintiff brought this suit against the defendant for a divorce, on the grounds of adultery and extreme cruelty. The Court found against the defendant on the question of extreme cruelty, and for him on the other charge, and made an equal distribution of the community property between the parties* The plaintiff appeals, and claims that she was entitled, under the evidence in the case, to a divorce on both grounds, and she also claims that she was entitled to a larger share of the community property than was awarded her by the Court.

¶2It is unnecessary vfor us to examine the record with reference to the charge of adultery, as it is competent for the Court to give the plaintiff all the relief under a finding of extreme cruelty that it could give her under findings against the defendant upon both charges. We think the Court erred in not awarding to the plaintiff a larger share of the community property, and Section 148 of the Civil Code provides that “ the disposition of the community property and of the homestead, as above provided, is subject to revision on appeal in .all particulars.”

¶3The judgment of the Court below in granting the plaintiff a divorce is affirmed, and the case is remanded, with instructions to the Court below to modify and amend its decree so as to award to the plaintiff three fourths of the community property.

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