Bonney v. Bonney
Appellate Court of Illinois
Petition to Enforce a Decree for Alimony. — Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Charles (J. Neely, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1901. Statement. — December 19, 1899, the appellant, formerly the wife of appellee, obtained a decree of divorce from appellee on the ground of extreme and repeated cruelty.
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Petition to Enforce a Decree for Alimony. — Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Charles (J. Neely, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1901. Statement. — December 19, 1899, the appellant, formerly the wife of appellee, obtained a decree of divorce from appellee on the ground of extreme and repeated cruelty. The court found, by the decree, that the parties had three children, the issue of their marriage, namely ; Charles V. Bonney, aged sixteen years and three months; Margaret A. Bonney, aged thirteen years and eleven months, and Pauline Bonney, aged ten…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Adams
The appellee, Charles L. Bonney, resists the petition of appellant on the grounds that a decree for alimony, by consent, is binding on the parties, and that the court is powerless to set such decree aside. Both these propositions may be conceded without affecting the question presented by the record. Appellant does not contend that the decree is not binding, nor does she seek any alteration or modification of it. Her contention is, that the decree is, in substance, for .the payment of the notes mentioned in it, and described in her petition, as they should mature; that the decree is for money…
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