Williams v. Williams
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from tbe Circuit Court for Polk County. This action is for a divorce, on tbe ground of cruel and inhuman treatment, and was commenced April 1st, 1869. Tbe first appeal is from an order of tbe circuit court, requiring tbe defendant to pay tbe plaintiff $25 per week from tbe 15th day of April, 1871, as temporary alimony; and tbe second appeal is from another order which requirés him to pay her $8,000 for her expenses in tbe action, in addition to tbe sum of $550, which…
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APPEAL from tbe Circuit Court for Polk County. This action is for a divorce, on tbe ground of cruel and inhuman treatment, and was commenced April 1st, 1869. Tbe first appeal is from an order of tbe circuit court, requiring tbe defendant to pay tbe plaintiff $25 per week from tbe 15th day of April, 1871, as temporary alimony; and tbe second appeal is from another order which requirés him to pay her $8,000 for her expenses in tbe action, in addition to tbe sum of $550, which be bad theretofore paid her on account of such expenses, pursuant to previous orders of tbe court. Tbe complaint charges…
1Opinion of the CourtLyoN, J.
I. It is objected by counsel for tbe plaintiff that the order of May 15th, 1871, was made by the judge at cham*523bers, and for that reason is not appealable to tins court until tlie same sliall have been reviewed bj tlie circuit court. But in view of the circumstances under which it was made, we regard it as substantially an order of the circuit court, from which, an appeal lies to this court. Those circumstances are set out in the foregoing statement of facts, and need not be repeated here.
II. Neither do we perceive any force in the objection that the minutes of the judge, which it is alleged…
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