Love v. Moynehan
Illinois Supreme Court
This action was tried before Morris, Judge, and a jury, at November term, 1854, of the Cook Circuit Court. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for $350.
1Opinion of the CourtSkinner, J.
This was an action of trespass, brought in the Cook circuit court, to the November term, 1852, by Ann Moynehan against Love and Love, to recover damages for the defendants entering the plaintiff’s dwelling, and taking and carrying away her goods. The defendants plead in abatement, the coverture of the plaintiff.
To this plea, the plaintiff replied that, in the year 1847, her husband deserted and forsook her without cause, and departed from the place of their abode without leaving her any means of support, and from thence thereafter had not corresponded with her nor returned to her, nor in any…
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