174 Wis. 32 | Wis. | 1921
The court awarded custody of the four-yeár-old son of the parties to the plaintiff “until said
It is urged that the final division and distribution the court decreed of defendant’s estate is an unjust and inequitable one. The court finds that defendant had an estate of the value of $7,000 over and above his liabilities at the time of the trial. The plaintiff is awarded out of this the household furniture valued at $800; the equity in the homestead, valued at $1,599, and the merchandise she purchased the day before she started action, amounting to $242.65, making a total of $2,601.65, leaving for defendant property of the value of $4,398.35. This division is not an equitable and just one in the light of the facts of the case. At the time of their marriage the plaintiff was a widow, had two children, and was about twenty-four years of age. The defendant was unmarried, without family, and forty-nine years of age. The defendant during their married
By the Court. — The part of the judgment appealed from respecting the division and distribution of defendant’s estate is reversed; the judgment in all other respects is affirmed, and the cause remanded to the circuit court to award judgment in accordance with this opinion.