Wolff v. Bluhm
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Sheboy-gan county: ZST. S. Gilson, Circuit Judge. Defendants Gottfried Bluhm and Eliza Bluhm were •husband and wife. Gottfried Bluhm was'charged by the father- of one Ida Hell, a young girl of the age of fifteen years and unmarried, with being the father of a child with which she was pregnant.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Sheboy-gan county: ZST. S. Gilson, Circuit Judge. Defendants Gottfried Bluhm and Eliza Bluhm were •husband and wife. Gottfried Bluhm was'charged by the father- of one Ida Hell, a young girl of the age of fifteen years and unmarried, with being the father of a child with which she was pregnant. For the purpose of providing for the care of the girl and of the child, Gottfried Bluhm executed and delivered to 'August Wolff, as trustee, a note dated June 21,1894, for $300, payable in instalments, and to secure the payment of the same the Bluhms…
1Opinion of the CourtMaeshall, J.
■ The sole question here is, Does the evidence warrant the finding that the note and mortgage were obtained by duress? That Gottfried Bluhm was the father of the child with which the girl, Ida Hell, was pregnant, that he was so charged, and was threatened with criminal prosecution unless he gave such note and rhortgage to provide for the care of the girl and the child, and that he complied with such demand, appears by the findings, and is well supported by the evidence; yet all this does not necessarily constitute duress. The evidence shows that William Hell, the father of the girl, went to…
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