Legal Opinion
Wenger v. Wenger
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided July 9, 1937No. Nos. 31,250, 31,251PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Peterson, Justice.
Defendant was adjudged guilty of contempt of court and sentenced to pay a fine of $250 and to be confined on the county farm fox* a period of six months unless he pay $5,000 due to plaintiff under the judgment of divorce rendered in this action.
The order finding defendant guilty of contempt and imposing the sentence was made a little over seven months after the matter was submitted to the coxxrt for decision. It is now claimed that the order is void because, not made within five months after submission as required by 2 Mason Minn. St. 1927, § 9311, which provides : “All…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Gompers v. Bucks Stove & Range Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1911
- State v. StroscheinSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1906
- State ex rel. Warfield v. BechtSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1877
- Hurd v. HurdSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1896
- Heald v. District of ColumbiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
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3Cited by52 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Beaulieu v. RSJ, Inc.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1996
- In Re the Civil Commitment of GiemSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2007
- Christgau v. Woodlawn Cemetery Assn.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1940
- State Ex Rel. Lay v. District Court, Fourth Judicial DistrictMontana Supreme Court · 1948
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. SpaethSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1950
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