Legal Opinion

Harris v. Harris

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided April 6, 1881PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Peoria county; the Hon. M. 1ST. Laws, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtPillsbury, J.

This was a bill filed, by the appellee against the appellant, on the 30th day of July, 1878, for a divorce, on the ground that at the time of his marriage, Sept. 19th, 1876, with •her, she had another husband living, one Hezekiah T. Lowry, to whom she was married in December, 1863.

Appellant, in her answer, admits the marriage to the appellee, as stated in the bill, and as to the alleged marriage with said Lowry, she says that a marriage ceremony was performed between them at Columbus, Ohio, in December, 1863, which she supposed at the time to be valid, but after living with him as his wife…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Yates v. HoustonTexas Supreme Court · 1848
  2. Hull v. RawlsMississippi Supreme Court · 1854
  3. Dixon v. PeopleMichigan Supreme Court · 1869
  4. Reeves v. ReevesIllinois Supreme Court · 1870

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Wenning v. TeepleIndiana Supreme Court · 1895
  2. Maier v. BrockSupreme Court of Missouri · 1909
  3. Carr v. CarrSupreme Court of Missouri · 1950
  4. Brown v. ParksSupreme Court of Georgia · 1931
  5. Schaffer v. Estate of RichardsonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1915

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