Eick v. Eick

Mr. Presiding Justice O’Connor

delivered the opinion of the court.

December 5, 1933, Arthur Eick filed his verified bill for divorce against the defendant, alleging that on November 29, 1932, she deserted him. She answered, denying the desertion, and afterward filed a cross-bill praying for separate maintenance in which she charged that her husband wilfully deserted her on November 29, 1932. He filed an answer denying the charges, and after the issues were made up the court heard the evidence, found in favor of the wife, awarded her the custody of their three-year-old child and decreed that he…