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FIGHTS SUIT FOR ALIMONYBt'andal Says Four Tears After He Married Her She Was Divorcedfrom Her First HusbandSensational charges are made in an answer and cross petition that has been filed in common pleas court by Jacob Brandal, of Bellevue, in u suit for alimony which was instituted against him on Aug. 30 by Mary Brandal. Although the couple have ten children living, all but two of whom are of age, Brandal alleges in his answer and cross petition that Mary Brandal is not his wife, and he asks the court to dismiss her petition, and to declare their marriage null and void.In her petition Mary Brandal saysshe was united in marriage to JacobBrandal on September 9, 1874. Shecharges Brandal with gross neglectof duty, and with having abandonedher In April, 1908. She does notask for a divorce, but for alimonyand other equitable relief, and to beawarded the custody of their twominor children, Emma, sixteen yearsold, and Edward, aged fourteen yearsIn his answer and cross petition Jacob Brandal denies that he is the husband of Mary Brandal. lie alleges that at the time of their marriage Mary Brandal had another husband living, one Robert Goetz, to whom, lie alleges, she was marriedabout six months prior to her marriage to him. Brandal alleges that she was not divorced from Goetz until about four years after her marriage to Brandal, and that since she obtained a divorce from Goetz she has not been wedded to him (Brandal.) aThe records of the common pleas court show that Robert Goetz wasgranted a divorce from Mary A.Goetz on April 2, 1881, by Judge R. C. l^emmon.
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Norwalk Daily Reflector
Norwalk, Ohio, US
Wed, Sep 21, 1910
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