Spratt v. Spratt
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Hennepin county for separation from bed and board, for alimony and for custody of the five children. The decree gave defendant an absolute divorce and the custody of four of the minor children, while the custody of Louis Gordon was awarded to plaintiff on condition, and both parents were granted the right to visit their children.
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Action in the district court for Hennepin county for separation from bed and board, for alimony and for custody of the five children. The decree gave defendant an absolute divorce and the custody of four of the minor children, while the custody of Louis Gordon was awarded to plaintiff on condition, and both parents were granted the right to visit their children. Three years later plaintiff’s motion for an amendment to the decree, so as to give her the permanent custody of the four minor children awarded to defendant, and direct him to pay her a suitable sum each month for the support of the…
1Per curiam
Defendant moves to dismiss plaintiff’s appeal, on the ground that she has accepted part of the benefits decreed by the modification of the original judgment, namely, she has had the custody of the children during the summer vacation.
Upon rehearing of the motion to dismiss plaintiff’s appeal from the original decree, it was held that because she had accepted certain provisions granted therein she had estopped herself from appealing. Spratt v. Spratt, 140 Minn. 512, 166 N. W. 769, 167 N. W. 735. It will be noted that upon that appeal the questions as to. who of the parties was entitled to a…
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