Druce v. Druce

In Gen. No. 9,702 appellee procured a decree for divorce from appellant in the circuit court of Lake county on the ground of extreme and repeated cruelty, with alimony in gross of $25,000 and $1,250 solicitor’s fee, from which he has appealed. In Gen. No. 9,721 the same appellant seeks reversal of a subsequent decree awarding appellee $1,250 solicitor’s fees and $250 for expenses' in connection with the appeal in Gen. No. 9,702. For the purposes of this opinion the two causes have been consolidated in this court.

The parties were married in January 1928, after appellee had been employed as…