Bennett v. Harms
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court ior Grant County. The case is thus stated by Mr. Justice Oassoday: “ Mary and John Bennett were married in 1845, and lived together as husband and wife on tie farm in question, in Grant county, until the spring of 186 3. In May, 1863, Mary Bennett, the plaintiff here, with the.r six children, went to California, where they remained until 1872, when she came back to Wisconsin, and, after remaining a short time, returned to her children in…
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court ior Grant County. The case is thus stated by Mr. Justice Oassoday: “ Mary and John Bennett were married in 1845, and lived together as husband and wife on tie farm in question, in Grant county, until the spring of 186 3. In May, 1863, Mary Bennett, the plaintiff here, with the.r six children, went to California, where they remained until 1872, when she came back to Wisconsin, and, after remaining a short time, returned to her children in California. At the time Mrs. Bennett and the children went to California, in Hay, 1863, John Bennett also left the farm, and…
1Opinion of the CourtCassoday, J.
’ The claim for a hqmestead was abandoned upon the argument, for the reason wholly ceased to be occupied as such So the view we have taken of this case renders it unnecessary to determine whether the court acquired jurisdiction to render the decree of divorce. Just how far p court would be authorized to go in presuming jurisdiction portant to be determined until it becor For the purposes of this case, therefore, and without any intimation on the subject, we shall assume that Mrs. Bermett remained the lawful wife of John Bennett up to the time of his death, and since has been his widow, the…
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