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POWLESS v. POWLESS

264 Wis. 71 (1953)

POWLESS, Respondent, vs. POWLESS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

May 5, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief by Gold & McCann, and oral argument by Roland J. Steinle, Jr., all of Milwaukee.

For the respondent there was a brief by Benton, Bosser, Becker & Fulton, and oral argument by David L. Fulton and Franklin L. Nehs, all of Appleton.

GEHL, J.

A husband has the right to select the place where the family shall reside and if the wife unreasonably refuses to remove with him to the place of his selection her conduct constitutes unlawful desertion. Gray v. Gray, 232 Wis. 400, 287 N. W. 708. The question then is whether the trial court was warranted in finding that the defendant's refusal to remove to Oneida was unreasonable. Accompanying the husband's right to choose the domicile of the family...

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