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Von Trott v. Von Trott

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided May 8, 1903PublishedCited by 25 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: Warren D. Tarrant, Circuit Judge. Action for divorce with incidental relief. The ground of the complaint upon which plaintiff recovered judgment was adultery of the defendant.

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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: Warren D. Tarrant, Circuit Judge. Action for divorce with incidental relief. The ground of the complaint upon which plaintiff recovered judgment was adultery of the defendant. The court concluded in respect to the matters material to a provision for plaintiff as regards property thus: Defendant owned at the time of the commencement of this action some real estate in the city of Milwaukee, a stock of merchandise such as is ordinarily kept in a small drug store, 300 acres of land in the state of Texas, and a quantity of household…

1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, J.

At first view of the judgment in this case we were not certain what kind of a provision the learned court purposed therein requiring respondent to make for appellant; that is, whether alimony was decreed to her, which would be subject, necessarily, to change thereafter if the circumstances of the divorced husband should change (Bassett v. Bassett, 99 Wis. 344, 74 N. W. 780); or whether a portion of respondent’s property was decreed to her upon a final division of his estate between the parties, absolutely ending all relations between’ them of every nature. Gallager v. Gallager, 101 Wis. 202,…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Bacon v. BaconWisconsin Supreme Court · 1877
  2. Bassett v. BassettWisconsin Supreme Court · 1898
  3. Clarke v. BurkeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1886
  4. Williams v. WilliamsWisconsin Supreme Court · 1872
  5. Maxwell v. SawyerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1895

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. Truelsch v. MillerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1925
  2. Gauger v. GaugerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1914
  3. Lally v. LallyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1913
  4. Du Cate v. Town of BrightonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1907
  5. Chase v. HinkleyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1905

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