Shaw v. Shaw
Appellate Court of Illinois
Divorce and Alimony.—Appeal from the Circuit Court of Jo Daviess County; the Hon. James Shaw, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the December term, 1894.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Marker
delivered the opixiox of the Court.
This was an appeal from an order modifying a decree for alimony entered on the 11th of June, 1886, by the Circuit Court of Jo Daviess County, when granting a divorce to appellee from appellant on the ground of habitual drunkenness.
The original decree gave to appellee the exclusive use for seven years of certain town lots in the village of Elizabeth, Illinois, on which was situated a frame hotel building worth about $1,500, the exclusive use of two-thirds of the hotel furniture for seven years and one-third of the furniture absolutely. The decree required her…
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