Pfingsten v. Pfingsten
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Milwaukee county: W. B. QuiNLAN, Judge. Action for a divorce on tbe ground of adultery of tbe wife. Tbe plaintiff prevailed in tbe action. There was a question of wbat should be done with the property possessed by the parties and what provision, if any, should be made for the guilty wife.
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Appeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Milwaukee county: W. B. QuiNLAN, Judge. Action for a divorce on tbe ground of adultery of tbe wife. Tbe plaintiff prevailed in tbe action. There was a question of wbat should be done with the property possessed by the parties and what provision, if any, should be made for the guilty wife. There was a homestead valued at some $13,000, subject to a mortgage for $3,500, and a further mortgage to Adolph Kanneberg, defendant’s lawyer, as security for his fees in this action and other matters. There was also some household furniture of a replacement…
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, J.
Tbe main question on this appeal is whether, where a divorce is granted on the ground of adultery of the wife, the court is without power to make a division of property between the parties, but may, nevertheless, divest the wife of the separate estate which she has deriyed from the husband and transfer it to him.
That a wife may take title to property from her husband and hold it as her sole and separate estate is provided by sec. 2342, Stats. In that respect, the written law has been changed since Kinney v. Dexter, 81 Wis. 80, 51 N. W. 82, as counsel for appellant suggests. So there can be no…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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