Towns v. Towns
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from an order and modification of a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: W. B. Quinlan, Judge. On March 4, 1919, in the January term of the circuit court, a judgment was entered in the usual form, on plaintiff’s motion, that the bonds of matrimony between the parties be wholly dissolved, and providing that the judgment, so far as it determines the status of the parties, shall not be effective, except for the purpose of appeal and review of the same,…
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Appeal from an order and modification of a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county: W. B. Quinlan, Judge. On March 4, 1919, in the January term of the circuit court, a judgment was entered in the usual form, on plaintiff’s motion, that the bonds of matrimony between the parties be wholly dissolved, and providing that the judgment, so far as it determines the status of the parties, shall not be effective, except for the purpose of appeal and review of the same, until the expiration of one year from the date of the entry thereof. It further provided that the plaintiff pay to the…
1Opinion of the CourtEschweiler, J.
Except for the power given to the court to open a judgment within one year after notice thereof for mistake or surprise as provided in sec. 2832, Stats., but within which this present application does not come, a judgment in a divorce action making a final division and distribution of the property as here cannot be reviewed or altered after the term of the court in which it was rendered. Zentzis v. Zentzis, 163 Wis. 342, 347, 158 N. W. 284; Lally v. Lally, 152 Wis. 56, 58, 138 N. W. 651; Thompson v. Thompson, 73 Wis. 84, 87, 40 N. W. 671; Webster v. Webster, 64 Wis. 438, 440, 25 N. W. 434; 14…
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