Knowlton v. Knowlton
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the First District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Oliver H. Horton, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Baker
delivered the opinión of the court:
This is a suit for separate maintenance, brought by Julia Knowlton, the appellee, against Miner N. Knowlton, the appellant. The latter sets up, by way of defense, that he was divorced from appellee on October 26, 1869, in the State of Connecticut. The parties were married at Brooklyn, in the State of New York, on September 18, 1866, and on the 4th day of October, 1869, appellant filed in the Superior Court of Fairfield county, Connecticut, his petition for a divorce from appellee, charging her with adultery. The petition alleged that appellee was then “in…
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