Kellett v. Roble
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Winner bago county: Geo. W. BueNell, Circuit Judge. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtWinsnow, J.
This is an action for breach of promise of marriage, and the plaintiff has obtained a judgment for dam-ages fixed at $3,500. The contract of marriage was admitted, but the defendant claimed that there was a subsequent mutual release. This was denied by the plaintiff, and upon this issue the case was tried.
The evidence showed that the ¡xarties became engaged August 30, 1890, the plaintiff then being twenty years of age; and it was agreed that the marriage should not take place for three years. The parties were farmers’ children, and lived with their parents in adjoining towns in Winnebago…
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