Kent v. McCann
Appellate Court of Illinois
Memorandum.—Bill by divorced wife for dower in her divorced husband’s estate. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Champaign County; the Hon. Francis M. Wright, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Boggs
delivered the opinion of the Court.
Delia McCann, the appellee, and Patrick McCann, intermarried February 15, 1871.
They were divorced by a decree of the Circuit Court of Champaign County, Illinois, March 15,1882, on the petition of the wife, for the fault and wrong of the husband, the specific ground being that he had been guilty of acts of extreme and repeated cruelty to the wife. Neither of the parties afterward remarried. Patrick McCann died November 16, 1890, testate. His will disposed of his property, real and personal, without reference to the appellee. The…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- In re Taylor's WillIllinois Supreme Court · 1870
- Clarke v. LottIllinois Supreme Court · 1849
- Jordan v. ClarkIllinois Supreme Court · 1876
3Cited by4 opinions
- In Re Estate of MorrisseyAppellate Court of Illinois · 1976
- Farrow v. JuddAppellate Court of Illinois · 1937
- Opdahl v. JohnsonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1940
- Parker v. Ter BushAppellate Court of Illinois · 1951