Legal Opinion

Garrett v. Garrett

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided December 21, 1911PublishedCited by 27 opinions

Writ or Error to the Appellate Court for the Second District ;i—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Mercer county; the Hon. Emery C. Graves, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Chiee Justice Carter

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff in error, Anna Louise Garrett, filed her bill for divorce March 21, 1910, in the circuit court of Mercer county against her husband, Robert Lee Garrett. The bill alleged that she was a resident of Mercer county and had conducted herself as a chaste and dutiful wife, but that her husband had been guilty of extreme and repeated cruelty and for more than two years had been a habitual drunkard. The defendant in error answered, denying all the material allegations of the bill, and charging his wife with extreme and repeated…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Duberstein v. DubersteinIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
  2. Becklenberg v. BecklenbergIllinois Supreme Court · 1907
  3. Youngs v. YoungsIllinois Supreme Court · 1889
  4. Murphy v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1878
  5. Lenning v. LenningIllinois Supreme Court · 1898

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3Cited by27 opinions

  1. Gregory v. GregoryAppellate Court of Illinois · 1964
  2. Holmstedt v. HolmstedtIllinois Supreme Court · 1943
  3. Curran v. CurranIllinois Supreme Court · 1960
  4. Teal v. TealIllinois Supreme Court · 1926
  5. Murphy v. MurphyAppellate Court of Illinois · 1975

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