Severns v. Severns
Appellate Court of Illinois
Bill for a Divorce.—Error to the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Edward P. Vail, Judge presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the March term, 1902. April 17,1901, Edgar C. Severns, defendant in error, filed a bill for divorce from plaintiff in error, Gertrude M. Severns, alleging that they were married October 4,1900, and lived together as husband and wife until January 29, 1901. Defendant in error charged therein that his wife was guilty of “ malicious…
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Bill for a Divorce.—Error to the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Edward P. Vail, Judge presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the March term, 1902. April 17,1901, Edgar C. Severns, defendant in error, filed a bill for divorce from plaintiff in error, Gertrude M. Severns, alleging that they were married October 4,1900, and lived together as husband and wife until January 29, 1901. Defendant in error charged therein that his wife was guilty of “ malicious impotency ” and that from November 23,1900, continuously to January 29, 1901, she refused to cohabit with him and that on…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Burke
The decree in this case is not sufficient in form or substance, but in view of our opinion as to the insufficiency of the evidence to sustain any decree possible under the allegations of the bill, we will proceed to a consideration of the evidence.
It appears from the record that' the parties to this proceeding lived together as husband and wife for a period of about four months. The parties were married at Fort Saskatchawan, Northwest Territory. The record does not show whether complainant had resided in the State of Illinois for a period of one year just prior to the filing of his bill…
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