Roether v. Roether
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the county court of Iowa county: Aldro Jenks, Judge. This is an action to affirm a marriage entered into in the state of Illinois between the parties on the 10th clay of January, 1922. At that time the defendant, who had been married-June 15, 1920, and become a widower by the death of his first wife in January, 1921, \yas about sixty-one years of age, and the plaintiff was a single woman about thirty "years of age.
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Appeal from a judgment of the county court of Iowa county: Aldro Jenks, Judge. This is an action to affirm a marriage entered into in the state of Illinois between the parties on the 10th clay of January, 1922. At that time the defendant, who had been married-June 15, 1920, and become a widower by the death of his first wife in January, 1921, \yas about sixty-one years of age, and the plaintiff was a single woman about thirty "years of age. In 1916 the defendant was adjudged an incompetent and a guardian of his person and estate was appointed. Such guardianship existed at the time of the…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinion was filed January 9, 1923:
Vinje, C. J.
The question of law presented is whether or not sec. 3979 of our Statutes rendered the marriage void. It reads:
“After the order ■ for notice, as provided in sections 3976 and 3978, has been issued the petitioner may cause a copy of the petition, with a copy of the order for such notice, to be filed and recorded in the office of the register of deeds for the county; and if a guardian shall be appointed *26upon such application all contracts, except for necessaries, at reasonable prices, and all gifts, sales, and transfers of real or…
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