Rolette v. Rolette
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the District Court for Crawford County. On the 22d of September, 1834, Joseph Rolette, and Jane F., his wife, haviny been for some time living separately and apart from each other, entered into an indenture with Bernard W. Brisbois, a trustee mutually chosen, by which, among other things, Joseph Rolette covenanted to the trustee to furnish and provide a separate maintenance for his said wife, as specified in said deed.
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APPEAL from the District Court for Crawford County. On the 22d of September, 1834, Joseph Rolette, and Jane F., his wife, haviny been for some time living separately and apart from each other, entered into an indenture with Bernard W. Brisbois, a trustee mutually chosen, by which, among other things, Joseph Rolette covenanted to the trustee to furnish and provide a separate maintenance for his said wife, as specified in said deed. After some time the husband refused to furnish the. support and maintenance for his wife according to the terms of the deed, and Brisbois, the trustee, commenced an…
1Opinion of the CourtIrvin, J.
Joseph Rolette filed his bill in the district court of Crawford county, from which it appears, that the said Joseph Rolette, and Jane Rolette his wife, and *382Bernard W. Brisbois as trustee, entered into an agreement for the separate maintenance of the said Jane, by which an annuity Was settled upon her during her life, the payment of which was secured her by bond and mortgage. The object of the bill in this case is, to set aside and cancel that deed for a separate maintenance, as well as the bond and mortgage, for the reason that the said deed, bond and mortgage were made without any legal or…
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