Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-09-20 | Page 2 | Dancer Wins in Court Gets Home, Income

9 Q Qi i Dancer Wins in Court I I Gets Horne Home Income I A Mrs Merritt Denies De- De flies nies Mates Mate's Charges Mrs Ors Ora May Merritt H o 0 I II I y woo wood d d dancer a nee r who whose s e romance was s shattered h l' l t t ere d when she played the wrong card In Ina ina a whist game held a winning hand in her suit for a maintenance against her bus hus band Louis Napoleon NOlI Na- Merritt California M I w h hie c h was heard in District DIStrict DIS Dis- Judge Chris Mathison's court Thursday Mrs frs Merritt II err i t t was isas granted Pp- Pp a r rat a t e ance nn an Income or of 20 a month and the USe of her husbands husband's 3 2 room Pasadena Cal Ca home when he tailed failed to an- an s awer w ern a court summons and the case caso was decided n default 1 Mrs r s Merritt tool took the witness stand and denied her h husbands husband's 3 n ds d's charges in a a. diV di- di V 0 r c e suit that she wasn't Merritt In n. n dt divorce vorce action nc- nc tion started a short time aIti hi his marriage to the terpsichorean arti artist t at Las Vegas Nov charged his wife wiCe had misrepresented misrepresent misrepresent- ed herself TELLS OF LOVE CRUISES Mrs r s Merritt told the coutt how she met Merritt Merritt Mer- Mer ritt In Hollywood and amI of several love cruises on his palatial Tiburon which was for formerly tn e r 1 v owned by Conrad Nagel lagel the motion n pie picture t u res star tar While hile the they r cruised In southern seas Reas according to Mrs Irs t the h e i r romance b bios bios- I 0 S and shortly short short- ly after the last cruise they motored motored mo- mo t to 0 Las Vegas where they were married Was Vas it your intention to be a good and dutiful wife wICe Mrs Merritt Mer- Mer ritt was asked by her attorney E. E A I Wins Suit Against Hubby I II I j S S I II I I S. S o. o S 1 s y L S t S. S 51 t j. j t I 1 MRS ORA MAY MERI IT Hollywood Holly Holly- T r I wood dancer who won her Iler suit for sepa- sepa I rate maintenance in ill a Salt Lake court I Thursday against Louis Napoleon Merritt Hollywood millionaire and sportsman A A. Rog Rogers rs It was she answered I Mrs Irs Merritt declared that the tho matrimonial storm broke one evening evening eve eve- ning at the home ot of her mother Mrs L. L F F. Micke Mickey 1910 East first t South street Salt Lake Lak when she made a misplay in n. n whist same game BECAME ENRAGED Mr 1 Merritt became enraged at my mistake and threw the cards down she declared lIe He left lett the house and the next da day the tho dIvorce orce action was started Merritt failed to appear in court courtat at an any time during three months months' litigation which followed the tho Initial mi- mi divorce action lIe He has sent affidavits from California stating staling that ho he was too ill to appear At present he Is sup supposed to be cruisIng cruising cruis- cruis Ing on his yacht acht Mrs Merritt expressed dissatisfaction faction with the result of the tho separate separate sepa- sepa rate maintenance hearing to newspaper news news- paper men mace after ater court They c given me that beautiful home to live In but how will ivill I keep It up on 20 u. u month she said I am going down to Pasadena Pasa Pasa- dena and try it though Mrs Merritt went to Hollywood two to years ears ago and ond start ed her Career Ca- Ca reel reer as a professional dancer dancel S. S y Merritt at that time a toll toll- wood sportsman met t her at n. n uin- uin vate recital Within six months the they were During the hearing Mrs Merritt was asked to enumerate her hel- husbands husband's husbands husband's hus- hus bands band's major holdings She Rhe said ho he was custodian of his fathers father's estate estate es- es tate which was valued at find ivan heir to his mothers mother's estate valued at Besides that she he said he owns o a large citrus ranch In Tulare county count Cat Cal and andIs andis Is manager of the Merritt building n. n Los Angeles skyscraper Besides the monthly allowance allowance allow allow- I ance the tho court also allowed Mrs Merritt for attorney fees Cees She was represented b by Attorneys Clarence Clar- Clar ence M. M M Beck and E. E A. A Rogers 0 o