Gibson v. Madison Bank & Trust Co.

The first question is whether or not the Mexican divorce obtained by the deceased from Velda Irene Gibson was void. The deceased and the respondent Velda were married December 30, 1914, in Wisconsin. Two children, Margaret Irene Gibson and Ellen Gibson MacQuarrie, were born of this marriage. The marriage was unsuccessful and the parties separated intermittently over the years. In 1939 the deceased was living in a hotel in Missouri and wrote his wife Velda in Wisconsin that he was obtaining a Mexican divorce. The papers were personally served on the respondent Velda in August at Menomonie,…