Smith v. Johnson

Defendant in error Pauline M. Smith, (now Johnson,) in June, 1920, filed in the circuit court of Cook county her bill for divorce from plaintiff in error. On the same day the latter answered, and a replication was filed. On hearing, the court on that day entered a decree dissolving the bonds of matrimony existing between the parties but reserved jurisdiction for the purpose of fixing alimony. On the next day a supplemental decree was entered, in which it was set out that full provision for alimony had been made out of court, and the final decree entered on the previous day was discharged so…