Semrow v. Semrow
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Plaintiff having obtained a judgment against defendant of divorce and for alimony, in the district court for Sibley count}1', the defendant thereafter moved that the judgment be altered by reducing the amount of alimony awarded, and that a mortgage which defendant had given in part-satisfaction of the judgment might be released and delivered up to him, on the ground that it had been obtained from him by duress.
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Plaintiff having obtained a judgment against defendant of divorce and for alimony, in the district court for Sibley count}1', the defendant thereafter moved that the judgment be altered by reducing the amount of alimony awarded, and that a mortgage which defendant had given in part-satisfaction of the judgment might be released and delivered up to him, on the ground that it had been obtained from him by duress. The motion was denied by L. M. Brown, J., and ihe defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBerry, J.
Upon the points presented by counsel in this court, this may be taken to be an appeal from the order of the court below refusing to “ revise and alter” a judgment for alimony, and refusing to direct the plaintiff to release and deliver up a certain mortgage alleged to have been obtained by duress, in part-satisfaction of such judgment. It is first claimed that the judgment should have been revised and altered on account of errors appearing upon its face, or errors in the proceedings of which it was the result. As with respect to judgments in general, the correction of such errors is to be…
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