Peeples v. Peeples
Illinois Supreme Court
APPEAL PROM COLES. This was a proceeding instituted in the Coles Circuit Court, by Savilla Peeples, of the county of Edgar, against Samuel Peeples, of the county of Hancock, all in the State of Illinois, praying divorce, alimony, etc.
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APPEAL PROM COLES. This was a proceeding instituted in the Coles Circuit Court, by Savilla Peeples, of the county of Edgar, against Samuel Peeples, of the county of Hancock, all in the State of Illinois, praying divorce, alimony, etc. The record shows that Savilla Peeples filed in the Coles Circuit Court, on the 18th day of February, A. D. 1856, her bill of complaint, in which she charges her intermarriage with Samuel Peeples, (whom she makes defendant thereto,) their cohabitation for a certain time, averring good conduct on her part, etc., but alleging that her husband, either from bad…
1Opinion of the CourtBreese, J.
The question in this case is as to the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court of Coles county.
The record shows that complainant was a resident of Edgar county when the bill was filed, and the defendant a resident of Hancock county, to which the process was sent from Coles. The domicil of both parties when living together, and at the time of abandonment by defendant, was Coles county.
The defendant appeared to the suit and filed his answer, and submitted his defense on the merits. No objection was made to the jurisdiction of the court until after trial and verdict, when a motion was made to dismiss…
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