Hill v. Montgomery
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Vermilion county; the Hon. F. Bookwalter, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Craig
At the May term, 1895, of the circuit court of Vermilion county one John Montgomery was convicted of grand larceny and sentenced to the penitentiary. Mary A. Montgomery, his wife, the appellee, employed appellant, a practicing attorney at the Vermilion county bar, to obtain for her a divorce from Montgomery on the ground that he had been convicted of a felony. On September 15, 1896, Hill filed a bill on her behalf for divorce. Summons was issued and served on Montgomery, and at the October term, 1896, a default was entered against him. At the October term, 1896, the cause was continued for…
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