READING v. READING


268 Wis. 56 (1954)

READING, Respondent, vs. READING, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

November 9, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief by Kurt Schnellbaecher, attorney, and John J. Burke of counsel, both of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Mr. Burke.

For the respondent there was a brief and oral argument by William H. Freytag of Elkhorn.


BROADFOOT, J.

The defendant contends that the judgment is erroneous. She first calls attention to sec. 270.57, Stats., which provides that the relief granted to the plaintiff, if there be no answer, cannot exceed that which is demanded in the complaint. Attention is also called to the case of Hoh v. Hoh, 84 Wis. 378, 54 N. W. 731, in which it was held that this section of the statutes is applicable to divorce cases. This case does not appear to have been overruled...

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