Dwyer v. Dwyer

The superior court of Cook county held Thomas L. Dwyer to be in contempt for failure to comply with an order to pay Frances Dwyer $10 per week for the support of their minor child, Thomas E. Dwyer. An appeal was taken to the Appellate Court for the First District where the order was reversed and the rule discharged. This court granted a leave to appeal.

The facts are stipulated. In the year 1927, Frances Dwyer procured a divorce in the superior court from defendant on the grounds of desertion. Their minor child was then about three years of age. By the consent of both parents, the child was…