Pearson v. Pearson

Anna Pearson filed a hill in the Circuit Court of Lake county, charging her husband, Peter Pearson, with extreme and repeated cruelty, asking for a divorce, for the custody of their minor children and suit money, alimony and solicitor’s fees. He answered the bill, denying the charge of cruelty. There was a jury trial and a verdict for the wife, and the evidence at that trial is not preserved in this record. A decree of divorce was granted, reserving the question of alimony and the custody of the children for further consideration. Later a hearing was had on the questions reserved, and on…