Shequin v. Shequin
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Abbeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Brown county: UeNey Gbaass, Circuit Judge. This action was brought by the plaintiff against the defendant for divorce from the bonds of matrimony, but before trial the prayer of the complaint was amended so as to demand a divorce from bed and board.
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Abbeal from a judgment of tbe circuit court for Brown county: UeNey Gbaass, Circuit Judge. This action was brought by the plaintiff against the defendant for divorce from the bonds of matrimony, but before trial the prayer of the complaint was amended so as to demand a divorce from bed and board. The answer denied the material allegations of the complaint respecting cruel and inhuman treatment and by counterclaim set up cruel and inhuman treatment on the part of the plaintiff, and also asked that the title to certain real estate which had been conveyed to the plaintiff be divested and the…
1Opinion of the CourtKerwin, J.
1. It is contended that the court erred in dissolving the bonds of matrimony at the request of the guilty party and against the protest of the plaintiff. The record shows that the judgment was entered by consent of the attorneys for the plaintiff.
The evidence is ample to support the finding that the defendant was guilty of cruel and inhuman treatment and the findings fully support the judgment. The mere fact that the prayer of the complaint asked for a limited divorce did not preclude the court from granting a divorce from the bonds of matrimony when the proof warranted such judgment. Sec.…
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