Lawrence v. Lawrence
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Joseph E. Gary, Judge, presiding. The appellant, George W. Lawrence, on the 27th day of August, 1872, filed, in the Superior Court of Cook county, a bill against the appellee, Julia A. Lawrence, for a divorce. She being a non-resident, notice was given by publication, as required by the statute in such cases.
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Joseph E. Gary, Judge, presiding. The appellant, George W. Lawrence, on the 27th day of August, 1872, filed, in the Superior Court of Cook county, a bill against the appellee, Julia A. Lawrence, for a divorce. She being a non-resident, notice was given by publication, as required by the statute in such cases. At the October term, 1872, of said court, proof of publication of notice was made, the defendant defaulted, the bill taken for confessed, and a reference made to the master to take proofs. On the coming in of the master’s report,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sheldon
It is admitted by the appellant that the evidence on the part of the defendant on the hearing below was sufficient to sustain the verdict. Evidence there offered by the complainant of the second marriage was excluded and exception taken.
The only ground of error which is urged in argument by appellant is, the order of the court below allowing the defendant to appear and answer in the suit, and contest the same after a decree of divorce had been entered, and talcing the subsequent proceedings; and the only question involved is one of statutory construction.
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