Legal Opinion

Hartigan v. Hartigan

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided January 23, 1920No. 21,672PublishedCited by 16 opinions

After the former appeal reported in 142 Minn. 274, 171 N. W. 925, defendant made a second application to amend the judgment and decree entered in the action so that the payment of any alimony should cease as of August 31, 1915. From an order, Jelley, J., denying this motion, defendant appealed.

1Opinion of the CourtHallam, J.

On August 22, 1914, plaintiff commenced this action for divorce. On February 15, 1915, a divorce was granted. The judgment gave plaintiff $75 per month as permanent alimony. In August, 1915, plaintiff married Harry B. Fargo. Defendant paid alimony up to the time of this marriage and then stopped. No further proceedings were had for three years, when defendant made application to have the judgment modified so as to relieve him of payment of instalments of alimony accruing subsequent to plaintiff’s marriage to Fargo. The trial court modified the judgment so as to relieve defendant, only from…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Hartigan v. HartiganSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1919

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Baskerville v. BaskervilleSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1956
  2. Cary v. CarySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1930
  3. Eberhart v. EberhartSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1922
  4. Austad v. AustadUtah Supreme Court · 1954
  5. Louden v. LoudenSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1946

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