Kiepert v. Nugent
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county; Okren T. Williams, Circuit Judge. This is an action to recover a balance of $600 alleged to be due upon a promissory note of $700, and the defense was that $230 had been paid thereon in cash and $450 in services performed by defendant at the request of the plaintiff.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county; Okren T. Williams, Circuit Judge. This is an action to recover a balance of $600 alleged to be due upon a promissory note of $700, and the defense was that $230 had been paid thereon in cash and $450 in services performed by defendant at the request of the plaintiff. The plaintiff was treated for inebriety at the defendant’s sanitarium, and the original sum of $700 was turned over to the defendant for safe keeping when the plaintiff entered the sanitarium, and a note given for the amount. At that time a divorce action was…
1Opinion of the CourtWinslow, C. J.
There is but one question of serious importance in the case, namely, the question of the admissibility of the evidence of the plaintiff’s wife in bis behalf. The defendant, Nugent, bad testified to the contract made with the-plaintiff and to the visits which he made to the plaintiff’s wife and her attorney in his endeavor to bring about a reconciliation, and to the facts as to the final meeting of the parties at the sanitarium when the reconciliation actually took place. He was allowed also to testify that the reconciliation so made was brought about by him. Upon. rebuttal the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Tradewell v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1912
- Goesel v. DavisWisconsin Supreme Court · 1898
- Hale v. DanforthWisconsin Supreme Court · 1876
3Cited by1 opinion
- Walker v. HillMontana Supreme Court · 1931