156 Minn. 25 | Minn. | 1923
The plaintiff brought this action in October, 1911, to procure an absolute divorce from her husband, Julius Schneider, upon the ground of cruel and inhuman treatment, and to recover permanent alimony, attorney’s fees and suit money. The suit was contested and on March 19, 1912, the court filed an order granting plaintiff an absolute divorce, decreeing her $500 as permanent alimony, which was made a lien on the defendant’s property unless paid within 5 days, $25 attorney’s fees and $10 suit money. These items were paid to her within the time specified and she filed receipts therefor. Judgment was not then formally entered upon the order. The parties never lived together thereafter. They each supposed that the judgment was properly entered at the time of the payment of the alimony and that they were legally divorced. The defendant Julius Schneider died a resident of Hennepin county, May 9, 1922. The respondent, George S. Grimes, was duly appointed special administrator of decedent’s estate May 29,1922.
In June, 1922, a petition was duly filed asking that respondents be substituted as defendants in the action, to the end that judgment be entered upon the order dated March 19, 1912, nunc pro tunc. The application was granted and the respondents named herein were duly made and constituted parties defendant for the purposes stated in the application. It was further ordered that judgment be entered nunc pro tunc granting plaintiff an absolute divorce and discharging the real estate and property of the defendant from the lien provided in the findings and order for judgment for permanent alimony filed herein on March 19, 1912.
It is apparent that the purpose of this suit was two-fold: First, to obtain a decree iof absolute divorce; and second, to have plaintiff’s rights to her husband’s property litigated and determined. As a result of the litigation she obtained an order giving her an absolute divorce and concededly one-third.of her husband’s property as alimony, together with attorney’s fees and suit money. These amounts she has received and retained. Through some inadvertence judgment was not entered at the time of the payment of the alimony.
Affirmed.