Lukas v. Lukas

This is a direct appeal from a decree of the superior court of Cook county. Appellee filed a complaint against appellant seeking a divorce from him on statutory grounds. An answer was filed by appellant denying the material allegations of the complaint. No evidence was offered by appellant. The court entered a decree as prayed in the complaint. By the decree the court directed appellant to convey to appellee, as alimony in gross, a small interest he owned in an equity in property owned jointly by the parties.

The ground on which the appeal was taken direct to this court is that by the decree…