St. Sure v. Lindsfelt
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Sheboygan County. Adolph St. Sure Lindsfelt was married to Elise Concor-dia Yon Krassow,, May 27, 1835, at Rostoop, Sweden. As the fruit of such marriage they had eight children — four boys and four girls. One of them, the witness George, was born in Sweden in 1839. Adolph and wife came to America and settled at Syracuse, N. Y., in 1842. The plaintiff, William 0. St. Sure, was born at that place.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Sheboygan County. Adolph St. Sure Lindsfelt was married to Elise Concor-dia Yon Krassow,, May 27, 1835, at Rostoop, Sweden. As the fruit of such marriage they had eight children — four boys and four girls. One of them, the witness George, was born in Sweden in 1839. Adolph and wife came to America and settled at Syracuse, N. Y., in 1842. The plaintiff, William 0. St. Sure, was born at that place. Adolph and his wife, Elise, and their children, came to Wisconsin,— first to Kenosha, then to Milwaukee, and afterwards to Sheboy-gan. About 1852, Elise, witb their…
1Opinion of the CourtCassoday, J.
The record of the divorce granted by the ecclesiastical court in Sweden, February 3,1864, mentioned in the foregoing statement, appears to be sufficiently au*349thenticated to be admissible in evidence under our statute. E. S. sec. 4139. It is conceded by both parties that the only question for determination is whether that decree of divorce is valid and operated as a legal • separation of Adolph and Elise at the time' it was rendered.
In this country it is prescribed by constitutional compact that full faith and credit must be given in each state to the public acts, records, and judicial…
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