Wachholz v. Wachholz
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Outagamie County. The parties are husband and wife, and this action was brought by the wife to obtain a divorce from her husband. The principal ground assigned therefor is cnuel and inhuman treatment of her by the defendant, although it is charged in the complaint that he is dissipated and squanders his money in saloons. There is no bill of exceptions.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Outagamie County. The parties are husband and wife, and this action was brought by the wife to obtain a divorce from her husband. The principal ground assigned therefor is cnuel and inhuman treatment of her by the defendant, although it is charged in the complaint that he is dissipated and squanders his money in saloons. There is no bill of exceptions. The findings of fact by the court, and its ‘conclusions of law'therefrom, are as follows: “ First. The parties were married as alleged in the complaint, and have lived in Outagamie county, "Wisconsin, ever…
1Opinion of the CourtLyox, J.
The testimony not having been preserved by a bill of exceptions, the only question presented b}T this appeal is, Do such findings support the conclusions of law and judgment?
*380The findings acquit the plaintiff of all blame for the unfortunate condition in which she is placed. On the other hand, they establish conclusively that for' three years before the trial' the husband had given himself up to dissipation, had neglected his family and business, and had spent much-of his time in saloons, drinking and playing or witnessing games; that over and above his expenditures for machinery, stock, and…
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