Wheeler v. Wheeler
Illinois Supreme Court
This decree in this case was entered at October term, 1854, of the Hamilton Circuit Court, Baugh, Judge, presiding. The facts are stated in the opinion of the judge.
1Opinion of the CourtSkinner, J.
This was a bill in equity by the wife for a divorce, alimony and custody of infant children. •
The bill alleges, that the complainant and the defendant, in 1839, in this state, were united in marriage; that seven children, aged from one to fourteen years, of the marriage, are still living; that the defendant has abandoned the complainant and said children, and fled to a foreign state with another woman, with whom he is adulterously living and cohabiting; that he took with him most of his personal property, and owns certain lands lying in tills state.
The defendant below not appearing, the bill…
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