Gordon v. Gordon
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook County; the Hon. Henry M. Shepard, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtGary, J.
This ease is an unhappy sequel of the events narrated in Beattie v. People, 33 Ill. App. 651, and People v. Beattie, decided by the Supreme Court in May, 1891. The decree of divorce there mentioned entered May 28, 1887, was afterward on the 13th of April, 18S9, set aside, and the bill in that case then dismissed. September .19, 1889, she filed this bill, and on it obtained the decree appealed from December 4, 1890. Two questions arise on this record: one as to practice in chancery, and the other as to the practice of men and women who trust to decrees of divorce to justify their subsequent…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Brinkley v. . BrinkleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Walker v. . WalkerNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
- State v. BenekeSupreme Court of Iowa · 1859
- Moors v. MoorsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1876
- Simonds v. SimondsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1870
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- People ex rel. Crymble v. HortonAppellate Court of Illinois · 1892
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