Trenchard v. Trenchard

On the 25th of July, 1907, Anna M. Trenchard filed a bill in the circuit court of Cook county against her husband, Joseph Trenchard, for divorce, on the ground of extreme and repeated cruelty. Defendant answered the bill, denying all its material charges. A hearing was had in the circuit court and a decree entered in favor of complainant granting a divorce and awarding complainant custody of the only child of the parties. Defendant sued out a writ of error from the Appellate Court for the First District to reverse the decree of the circuit court. The Appellate Court affirmed the decree of the…