Hitchins v. Hitchins
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Henry M. Shepard, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scholfield
Appellant seeks a divorce from appellee upon the ground of extreme and repeated cruelty. The Superior Court found: and decreed that appellee was not guilty as charged, and this, finding and decree were affirmed by the judgment of the Ap- . pellate Court.
Appellant and appellee were married in Frostburg, in the-State of Maryland, in 1857, and they thereafter resided together as husband and wife at that place until August, 1884,. when appellant abandoned appellee. After this abandonment,, appellant continued to reside at Frostburg until February, 1888, when he removed to Chicago. Appellee has…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- De La Hay v. De La HayIllinois Supreme Court · 1859
3Cited by2 opinions
- Fizette v. FizetteIllinois Supreme Court · 1893
- Werres v. WerresAppellate Court of Illinois · 1902