Rogers v. Rogers
Appellate Court of Illinois
Memorandum.—In chancery. Bill to compel to the support of dependent relatives under the pauper act. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Jersey County; the Hon. George W. Herdman, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the May term, 1893, and affirmed. Statement op the Case. This was a bill in chancery by appellee against appellant.
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Memorandum.—In chancery. Bill to compel to the support of dependent relatives under the pauper act. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Jersey County; the Hon. George W. Herdman, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the May term, 1893, and affirmed. Statement op the Case. This was a bill in chancery by appellee against appellant. The cause was heard upon bill, answer, replication and proof, oral and record, and a decree was entered, finding “ that on or about the 15th of March, A. D. 1849, the complainant and defendant were lawfully married, and, as a fruit of said marriage, there was born…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wall
delivebed the opinion oe the Coubt.
The 1st section of chapter 107, B. S., provides :
“ That every poor person who shall be unable to earn a livelihood in consequence of any bodily infirmity, idiocy, lunacy or other unavoidable cause, shall be supported by the father, grandfather, mother, grandmother, children, grandchildren, brothers or sisters of such poor person, if they, or either of them, be of sufficient ability; provided that when any persons become paupers from intemperance, or other bad conduct, they shall not be entitled to support from any relation, except parent or child.”
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