Zilley v. Dunwiddie
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Rock county: -JohN R. BbNNett, Circuit Judge. This is au appeal from the judgment of the circuit court for Rock county allowing the claim of Mary A. Zilley, the respondent, against the estate of her former husband, August Zilley, deceased.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Rock county: -JohN R. BbNNett, Circuit Judge. This is au appeal from the judgment of the circuit court for Rock county allowing the claim of Mary A. Zilley, the respondent, against the estate of her former husband, August Zilley, deceased. The parties were married September 26,1867, and divorced, by a decree of the circuit court for Rock county, December 29, 1884, in an action brought bjr the claimant against said August Zilley, on the ground of his cruel and inhuman treatment. The court by its decree made a final division of the estate of said…
1Opinion of the CourtPiNNEY, J.
At the common law the husband was primarily liable for the support of his minor children. 2 Kent, Comm. 190. In McGoon v. Irvin, 1 Pin. 532, it was said that “ by every principle of law upon the subject, recognized and strengthened by our statute, parents are under legal obligation to maintain and support their children who are of tender years and helpless.” The statute (K. S. 1878, sec. 1503) makes the father primarily liable to support his minor children. When the marriage is dissolved by divorce, the duty of parents to maintain their children remains as before, for children are not…
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