Linscott v. Linscott

Frank Linscott, a resident of Wisconsin, sued bis wife, Bertha, in the district court of Union County where she resided. The petition set forth a contract signed by plaintiff and defendant, designed to settle their property rights at the time they separated, some months before, and alleged that plaintiff signed the contract by reason of the fraud, duress, coercion, and overreaching of defendant. The prayer was for a decree holding the contract void and for judgment for $4000, the amount plaintiff had paid defendant under the contract and for other equitable relief.

The first division of…