Will of Burghardt v. Burghardt
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: Oscab M. Eeitz, Circuit Judge. Tbe appeal is from a judgment in favor of claimant, Mrs. Laura Burghardt, upon appeal from tbe county court.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: Oscab M. Eeitz, Circuit Judge. Tbe appeal is from a judgment in favor of claimant, Mrs. Laura Burghardt, upon appeal from tbe county court. A judgment of divorce was entered in Illinois in favor of claimant and against ber then husband, William E. Burg-hardt, by tbe terms of which she was awarded the custody of the minor child Ella, then two years old, with no provisions for the payment of anything other than an allowance of $2 per week for the support of the child. ' No further steps were taken by either party in that divorce…
1Opinion of the CourtEschweiler, J.
It is contended that the trial court erred in admitting as evidence a document which purported to be a copy of the divorce judgment of the Illinois court. And further, that if such evidence should have been received, then the court erred in holding that the judgment or decree was such as would be recognized or enforced in this state.
The document offered in evidence purports on its face to be a copy of a judgment of the circuit court for Cook county with the seal attached and a certificate of the clerk. At the *314time it was offered in evidence appellant’s counsel objected to it on tbe ground…
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- Mallette v. ScheererWisconsin Supreme Court · 1916
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