Legal Opinion

Cooper v. Beers

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided November 2, 1892PublishedCited by 28 opinions

Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of McLean county; the Hon. Thomas F. Tipton, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scholfield

The Appellate Court held that the residence of Cordelia T. Cooper, which had theretofore been Bloomington, in this State, when she intermarried with Edward T. Cooper, was by that act changed to his residence, which was Cincinnati, Ohio, and that thenceforth his residence was, in legal contemplation, her residence; and that court found that Cordelia T. Cooper, and her husband, Edward T. Cooper, after their marriage, acquired and retained for several years, a residence in St. Louis, Missouri, which they afterwards abandoned, intending to ultimately become residents of either Bloomington or…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Wyman v. HalsteadSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
  2. Goldgart v. People ex rel. GoarIllinois Supreme Court · 1883
  3. Davis v. DavisIllinois Supreme Court · 1863
  4. Moore v. JordanSupreme Court of Kansas · 1887

3Cited by28 opinions

  1. Adams v. SmithSupreme Court of Iowa · 1921
  2. Hovland v. Farmers' State Bank of ChristineCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1926
  3. Holbrook v. FordIllinois Supreme Court · 1894
  4. Stevenson v. BakerIllinois Supreme Court · 1932
  5. Dickinson v. BeldenIllinois Supreme Court · 1915

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