Carpenter v. Tatro
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Fond du Lac County. The action was brought by Phebe Carpenter, against her former husband, Tatro, who had obtained a divorce from her, giving him the care and custody of the children, to recover upon a claim assigned to her by her present husband, Carpenter. for necessaries furnished one of plaintiff’s children by the former marriage, who, it was alleged, had been compelled to seek a home with Carpenter and the plaintiff, by reason of the…
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Fond du Lac County. The action was brought by Phebe Carpenter, against her former husband, Tatro, who had obtained a divorce from her, giving him the care and custody of the children, to recover upon a claim assigned to her by her present husband, Carpenter. for necessaries furnished one of plaintiff’s children by the former marriage, who, it was alleged, had been compelled to seek a home with Carpenter and the plaintiff, by reason of the neglect and cruel treatment of the defendant. Upon the trial, plaintiff offered in evidence an assignment of the claim for…
1Opinion of the CourtCole, J.
The parties to this suit were formerly husband and wife. It appears that a divorce was granted on the application of the husband, and the care and custody of the children of the marriage were given him. Subsequently the plaintiff married one Samuel Carpenter, her present husband, with whom she has since lived. It further appears that, in the fall of 1869, one of the children by her marriage with the defendant left his father’s home and came to live with her, and has since been maintained and supported by her husband, Carpenter. A claim for necessaries furnished the boy was, before the *300commence…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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