Voss v. Voss
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Outagamie county: Jourr Goodland, Circuit Judge. This action was brought for divorce by the plaintiff hus"band against the defendant wife on the ground of cruel and inhuman treatment.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Outagamie county: Jourr Goodland, Circuit Judge. This action was brought for divorce by the plaintiff hus"band against the defendant wife on the ground of cruel and inhuman treatment. The defendant denied the material allegations respecting cruel and inhuman treatment and set up affirmative matter by way of defense and charged the plaintiff with cruel and inhuman treatment, and demanded that the plaintiff’s complaint he dismissed. The court below found that plaintiff was entitled to a divorce from the bonds of matrimony and that the defendant…
1Opinion of the CourtEjeRwin, J.
Several errors are assigned. It is first assigned as error that no cause for divorce was shown upon the plaintiff’s own evidence; and especially in view of the fact that the defendant was not permitted to testify in her own behalf. The defendant was called as an adverse witness by plaintiff and testified, and from the evidence it is quite plain that both parties were in fault, and perhaps the plaintiff in as great if not a greater degree than the defendant. Moreover, after the plaintiff closed his evidence the defendant was denied a hearing, the court assuming that he had heard all he desired…
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