STATE EX REL. KERN v. KERN


17 Wis.2d 268 (1962)

STATE EX REL. KERN, Respondent, v. KERN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

June 29, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief by Hall & Griffith of Madison, and oral argument by Laurence W. Hall.

For the respondent there was a brief by William L. McCusker of Madison, attorney, and Mosier, Mosier, Thomas & Beatty of Waterloo, Iowa, of counsel, and oral argument by Mr. McCusker.


BROWN, C. J.

The appeal presents these issues:

(1) Was the trial court correct in affording full faith and credit to the Iowa court's decision even though the Iowa court had not given full faith and credit to the Wisconsin superior court's decision?

(2) Was habeas corpus the proper remedy in this case and, if so, was the relief granted by the trial court appropriate?

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