Merrick v. Merrick

Mr. Presiding Justice Burke

delivered the opinion of the court.

On June 14, 1940, at Chicago, Illinois, Mary Caines, also known as Mary Cain, who was 53 years of age, married John Merrick, also known as John Brown, who was 80 years of age. On November 7,1940, Mary Merrick filed her verified complaint for separate maintenance in the superior court of Cook county, alleging that on July 15, 1940, defendant, without any reasonable cause, deserted her and that she was living separate and apart from him without any fault on her part. She also alleged that defendant owned certain real estate and…