Gauger v. Gauger
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Ap3?eal from a judgment of the circuit court for Brown county: S. D. Hastings, Circuit Judge. Action for a divorce. The plaintiff husband, Herman Gauger, in due form pleaded a good cause for a divorce. Defendant, Katie Gauger, duly joined issue in respect thereto and counterclaimed for a divorce on the ground of cruel and inhuman treatment. She prevailed and judgment was granted in her favor, and a division of property was adjudged.
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Ap3?eal from a judgment of the circuit court for Brown county: S. D. Hastings, Circuit Judge. Action for a divorce. The plaintiff husband, Herman Gauger, in due form pleaded a good cause for a divorce. Defendant, Katie Gauger, duly joined issue in respect thereto and counterclaimed for a divorce on the ground of cruel and inhuman treatment. She prevailed and judgment was granted in her favor, and a division of property was adjudged. The parties had lived together for some over twenty years. At the time of the marriage neither of the parties possessed any property to speak of. They commenced…
1Opinion of the Court
Maeshall, I.
The division of property, in a case of this sort, is peculiarly a matter resting in the discretion of the trial court, subject to such rules as have been established by •this court for guidance in respect to the matter. Therefore, the trial determination must jDrevail unless clearly characterized by mistake or some manifest error respecting the detail facts upon which it rests, or disregard of established guides, .amounting to’ a pretty clear want of judicial discretion or judgment. Newton v. Newton, 145 Wis. 261, 130 N. W. 105.
In making a division of property in a divorce action…
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