Jolliff v. Jolliff
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Washington county; the Hon. Silas L. Bryan, Judge, presiding. Isabel Jolliff exhibited her bill in chancery in the court below, against her husband, James Jolliff, praying a divorce and alimony.
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Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Washington county; the Hon. Silas L. Bryan, Judge, presiding. Isabel Jolliff exhibited her bill in chancery in the court below, against her husband, James Jolliff, praying a divorce and alimony. The defendant failing to answer, the bill was taken as confessed, and a decree entered granting the divorce, and providing that the complainant should “ have, and hold her present homestead as alimony, with the right to rent the same until the youngest child becomes of age, and, also, all the personal property in her possession.” The defendant brings the case to…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breese
It is unnecessary to go into an elaborate examination of this record, inasmuch as the principles applicable to the case have been often referred to by this court. Shillinger v. Shillinger, 14 Ill. 147; Stewartson v. Stewartson, 15 ib. 145; Wheeler v. Wheeler, 18 ib. 39; Foote v. Foote, 22 ib. 425. In this last case the doctrine is fully examined, and the conclusion reached from all the authorities there cited, both English and American, was, that the allowance of alimony was discretionary with the court, to be exercised in view of all the circumstances. "We cannot say the Circuit Court erred…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Shillinger v. ShillingerIllinois Supreme Court · 1852
3Cited by1 opinion
- Klosowski v. KlosowskiIllinois Supreme Court · 1914