Dunham v. Dunham
Appellate Court of Illinois
Memorandum.—Proceedings for divorce. In the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Samuel P. McConnell, Judge, presiding. Hearing and decree for complainant; appeal by defendant. Heard in this court at the October term, 1894, and affirmed. Statement of the Case. This appeal is brought to reverse a decree entered by the Circuit Court of Cook County, granting to appellee a divorce from, appellant.
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Memorandum.—Proceedings for divorce. In the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Samuel P. McConnell, Judge, presiding. Hearing and decree for complainant; appeal by defendant. Heard in this court at the October term, 1894, and affirmed. Statement of the Case. This appeal is brought to reverse a decree entered by the Circuit Court of Cook County, granting to appellee a divorce from, appellant. The facts disclosed upon the record may be thus outlined: On December 24, 1889, the parties were married at the city of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania. A few days after this marriage, the…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Waterman
delivered the opinion op the Court.
If the matters and things set up in the cross-bill of appellant constituted a defense to the suit against her, occurring as they did after the filing of her answer, they were properly brought before the court by such bill. Ferris v. McClune, 36 Ill. 77; Jenkins v. International Bank, 111 Ill. 462; Story’s Eq. Pleadings, Sec. 393; Daniell’s Ch. Pr., Vol. 1, pp. 606-7, 5th Ed.
The Constitution of the United States, Sec. 1, Art. 4, commands that, “ full faith and effect shall be given, in each State, to the public acts, records and…
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