Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1901-04-14 | Page 5 | Divorce Case Decided

DIVORCE CASE CAE DECIDED ECE Farmer Farer Bullocks Effort to Reform Wa Was Unsuccessful The somewhat celebrated cel divorce case cast i of Matilda Matida A A Bullock Bulock against Joseph JosephH L H Bullock Bulock was decided yesterday by I Judge Stewart finding the issues for fot forthe I the plaintiff The Th suit was wa commenced last July and the trial about about a month montt I ago occupied several days dars The grounds gounds upon which the decree was wa granted were that the defendant had ha been guilty of cruelty to his wife and that tha he had become an habitual drunkard During the trial Bullock I Imade made the defense that his wife had lad con condoned condoned his offenses and that he h had made the best effort to reform but he lie denied that he had been very vcr cruel cru l to his wife and that he was a hopeless hopel ss drunkard as a alleged He wanted wante his Wife to withdraw her suit and return to him on his promise to strive to reform Wih With the decree of or divorce Mrs Irs Bul Bullock Bulock Bullock lock ock was wa awarded awarded the custody of the minor children and as a her share of the property forty acres of the farm with wih twenty shares of water stock near Sandy Sand The plaintiff was as also allowed for the lees fees fes of her attorney Ray RayVan RayVan Van ran Cott Coto but otherwise each party to the sui m be required to pay his and und her costs cost Attorney D IX H Wells Veis rep represented represented represented resented the defendant Mr and Mrs Mr Bullock were married in inthis InthIs Inthis this city in June 1877 and have nine children years ear ranging in age ag from 3 S to 23