Griswold v. Griswold
Appellate Court of Illinois
Petition by wife to modify decree fixing alimony because of coercion, fraud and concealment, which induced her consent thereto. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Sangamon County; the Hon. Owen P. Thomp- son, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the May term, 1903.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr- Justice Baums
delivered the opinion of the court.
Appellant and appellee were husband and wife, until April 22,1901, when their marriage was'dissolved by a decree of the Circuit Court of Sangamon County, on a bill filed by appellee alleging adultery. By the terms of that decree, the custody of their only child, Nellie, aged nine years, was awarded to appellee,.and appellant was required to pay her as alimony, the sum of $37 per month for six months, and the sum of $27 per month, each and every month thereafter. On September 6,1902, appellee filed a petition in the Circuit Court of Sangamon…
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