Wilkins v. Wilkins

Reese, Ch. J.

On the 7th day of September 1883, plaintiff in error instituted an action in the district court of Brown county, against defendant in error, the object of which was a divorce and the custody of minor children. Notice was given by publication, and a decree was rendered as prayed, on the 27th day of November, 1883. The ground alleged in the petition, and upon which the divorce was granted, was that of abandonment. On the 2d day of October, 1886, the defendant filed a motion to set aside the decree. The grounds of this motion were that there was irregularity on the part of plaintiff…