Legal Opinion

McGuiness v. McGuiness

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided December 2, 1895Published

Separate Maintenance.—Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Oliver H. Horton, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1895.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Waterman

This was an application to reduce the amount awarded appellee by a former decree as an allowance for separate maintenance, it being alleged that the circumstances of both parties had, since the entry of such former decree, so changed as to make the allowance now inequitable.

The cause being referred to a master, he took testimony, and reported that the allowance should be reduced from §35 to §27.50 per month. Each party excepted to the report. The court sustained appellee’s exceptions, and overruled appellant’s.

We have examined the record, and find that the exceptions of appellant to the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Farwell v. HulingIllinois Supreme Court · 1890
  2. Springer v. KroeschellAppellate Court of Illinois · 1895

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