Wood v. Blythe
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Fond du Lae County. Margaret Wood, the plaintiff herein, was married to John H. Wood in 1862, and was divorced from him June 8, 1875, by a decree of the circuit court above named, which transferred and allotted to her the title and interest of John H. Wood to and .in certain lands described in the complaint in the present action.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Fond du Lae County. Margaret Wood, the plaintiff herein, was married to John H. Wood in 1862, and was divorced from him June 8, 1875, by a decree of the circuit court above named, which transferred and allotted to her the title and interest of John H. Wood to and .in certain lands described in the complaint in the present action. In 1871, one- Douty conveyed said land to John H. Wood, and took from him a mortgage thereof to secure payment of two notes for $600 each, executed to him by John H. Wood and indorsed by Thomas J. Wood. That one of these two notes…
1Opinion of the CourtCole, J.
Without stopping to inquire what effect should be given to the judgment and sale in the foreclosure action of Ingram v. John H. Wood and wife, we are very clear in the opinion that the judgment in the case of Thomas J. Wood v. John H. Wood and the present plaintiff presents an insuperable objection to granting the relief asked in the complaint. The court below held the judgment in that action void, because the court rendering it had no jurisdiction of the subject matter. We are unable to concur in that view of the matter. The action in Thomas J. Wood v. John H. & Margaret Wood, as stated in…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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