Bassett v. Bassett
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from -an order of the county court of Fond du Lac county: A. E. EiohteR, Judge. In May, 1889, plaintiff filed a complaint for divorce against defendant in county court, Fond du Lac county, alleging sufficient grounds therefor, and also setting out his property interests and income, and demanded a share of his property as alimony.
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Appeal from -an order of the county court of Fond du Lac county: A. E. EiohteR, Judge. In May, 1889, plaintiff filed a complaint for divorce against defendant in county court, Fond du Lac county, alleging sufficient grounds therefor, and also setting out his property interests and income, and demanded a share of his property as alimony. Pending the suit, she obtained an order for temporary alimony and suit money; and, upon his neglect to comply therewith, she sought to have the defendant punished for contempt. The contempt proceedings were dismissed, and on May 20, 1889, plaintiif was granted…
1Opinion of the CourtBardeen, J.
The question involved in this appeal is new and interesting, and is raised for the first time in this court. It depends largely, if not entirely, upon the proper reading- and construction of sec. 2369, E. S. 1878, which is as follows: “After a judgment providing for alimony or other allowance-for the wife and children, or either of them, or for the appointment of trustees as aforesaid, the court may from time to time, on the petition of either of the parties, revise and alter such judgment, respecting the amount of such alimony or allowance, and the judgment thereof, . . . and may make any…
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