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Show VADIMER CASE MAY CO TO SUPREME COURT Divorce Decree Is Granted Carrying Alimony of $20,000. Though Charles S. "Vadner Is reported to have obtained a divorce recently in Reno, Nev., and to have remarried, Mrs. Ames R. Vadner succeeded in obtaining" a decree of interlocutory divorce from him yesterday In the Third district court of Utah. The decree was ordered by Judge J. Louis Brown and carries an alimony allowance of $20,000. Though report of Vadner's having obtained ob-tained a divorce In Reno and of his having hav-ing remarried, subsequent to his wife's institution of divorce proceedings her came before the court in progress of the hearing of Mrs. Vadner's case against her husband, nothing was presented by way of proof and no cognizance of the matter was taken by the court. If the report is correct, it remains to be determined deter-mined which divorced the other. Mrs. Vadner's claim for $20,000 alimony is dependent de-pendent for validity upon the establishment establish-ment of having divorced her husband rather than having been divorced by him. Furthermore, Vadner, who claimed to be a bankrupt, was found by Judge Brown to be rightful owner of property worth more than $70. 000. Transfers by which he had placed the property out of his name were declared by the court to have been of no force. This becomes significant sig-nificant because of Mrs. Vadner's having previously obtained a judgment against her husband for approximately $18,000. Jn view of the amount of alimony involved, in-volved, it Is regarded as within the range of probability that the case may finally find its way to the supreme court of the United States for decision, should it be proved that Vadner actually was divorced in Reno. The judgment obtained by Mrs. Vadner some weeks ago was awarded her against her husband by Judge "W. H. Bramel of the Third district court as settlement for property of her own in custody of her husband. The judgment listed by Vadner Vad-ner as a liability In his bankruptcy papers pa-pers and becomes practically sure of settlement set-tlement through the court's finding yesterday yes-terday that Vadner has wealth of several sev-eral times the amount of the judgment, which was for some $18,000, but which has been satisfied in the amount of approximately ap-proximately $2000, leaving some $16,000. The validity of his claim is not dependent depen-dent upon the question of the divorce, as is the award of $20,000 alimony. |