Hiecke v. Hiecke
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: W. J. Tubkeb, Circuit Judge. Action for a divorce on the ground of cruel and inhuman treatment. Defendant answered, denying all allegations upon which the claim of cruel and inhuman treatment was based, and pleading misconduct of plaintiff, palliating, if not justifying, any improper treatment of lrer.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: W. J. Tubkeb, Circuit Judge. Action for a divorce on the ground of cruel and inhuman treatment. Defendant answered, denying all allegations upon which the claim of cruel and inhuman treatment was based, and pleading misconduct of plaintiff, palliating, if not justifying, any improper treatment of lrer. As the trial court viewed the evidence it established the following situation: (1) The parties intermarried at the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, May 25, 1898. (2) Since that time they have resided there. (3) They have four…
1Opinion of the CourtMaeshall, J.
It is considered that, — in the light of the rules governing the matter, particularly, that the findings are to be presumed correct unless against the clear preponderance of the evidence, giving due weight to the fact that the trial judge saw the witnesses and had a far better opportunity than is afforded by reading the printed history of the trial for weighing their testimony, — the conclusions of fact here cannot properly be disturbed.
It is contended that, though the facts found stand as verities, the divorce should not have been granted because of proof that the respondent was guilty of…
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