Lessig v. Lessig
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment and an order of the circuit court for Wood county: Chas. M. Webb, Circuit Judge. This is a divorce action brought by the husband, alleging desertion, and praying for dissolution of the marriage, for costs, and for general relief.
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Appeal from a judgment and an order of the circuit court for Wood county: Chas. M. Webb, Circuit Judge. This is a divorce action brought by the husband, alleging desertion, and praying for dissolution of the marriage, for costs, and for general relief. The summons and complaint were personally served on the defendant, who made default, and judgment was rendered on March 18, 1907, dissolving the marriage, giving the custody of the infant child of the parties to the defendant, providing that the plaintiff turn over to the defendant $400 as a final division of the property of the parties, and…
1Opinion of the Court
Wotslow, O. J.
1. The motion to open the judgment and set aside the default and allow the defendant to plead was a motion addressed to the sound discretion of the court. There were a number of affidavits on both sides, and the question whether the defendant showed facts which should ho held to excuse the neglect was a fairly debatable one. It is not deemed necessary to review the affidavits. We have carefully examined them and have concluded that there was no abuse of discretion in denying the motion. Under these circumstances the appeal from the order must he dismissed. R. Connor Co. v.…
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