Williams v. Williams
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Dane County. Action by a wife to obtain a divorce on the ground of cruel and inhuman treatment. A decree of divorce having been obtained, the plaintiff, at a subsequent term of the court, applied for alimony, which was allowed her. Erom this allowance the defendant appealed.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Dane County. Action by a wife to obtain a divorce on the ground of cruel and inhuman treatment. A decree of divorce having been obtained, the plaintiff, at a subsequent term of the court, applied for alimony, which was allowed her. Erom this allowance the defendant appealed. The following paragraphs were. originally written by Mr. Justice Cole as a part of his opinion in the case: “Both parties acquiesce in or submit to this judgment of divorce, and the only remaining controversy between them grows out of the question of permanent alimony. The court below…
1Opinion of the CourtCole, J.
It seems to us that there is no ground of com*366plaint on account of the allowance made for the support of the daughter during her minority. It appears that she continue? to live with her mother, whom the court thought entitled to the society of the daughter and the custody of her person. True, the court found from the evidence that the daughter was then nineteen years of age, was in good health, and was able to do something towards, if not quite able to gain, her own livelihood. But still, considering her father’s circumstances, it was perfectly reasonable and just that he should make some…
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