Bradford v. Abend
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from, the Circuit Court of Jefferson county; the Hon. Tazewell B. Tanner, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in chancery, filed by Edward Abend, as the conservator of Ann Bradford, against George A. Bradford, to set aside a decree of divorce rendered on a bill in the name of Ann M. Bradford, against George A. Bradford, in the St. Clair circuit court, at the September term, 1858, and for an order for the defendant to contribute to the support of his insane wife.
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Appeal from, the Circuit Court of Jefferson county; the Hon. Tazewell B. Tanner, Judge, presiding. This was a bill in chancery, filed by Edward Abend, as the conservator of Ann Bradford, against George A. Bradford, to set aside a decree of divorce rendered on a bill in the name of Ann M. Bradford, against George A. Bradford, in the St. Clair circuit court, at the September term, 1858, and for an order for the defendant to contribute to the support of his insane wife. The final decree of the court found the decree of divorce was fraudulent, and void ab initio, and set the same aside at the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott
In 1835, Ann M. Bradford, then of sound mind, was married to George A. Bradford, and lived many years with him as his wife. Among the principal allegations of the present bill are, that in 1853, on account of sickness, both mental and physical, superinduced by cruelty and neglect on the part of her husband, she became insane, and has ever since so remained ; and having been abandoned by her husband, she was by her friends placed in a hospital for the insane in St. Louis, for care ^.nd treatment; that afterwards, on the 20th of September, 1858, while she was so confined in the asylum, and…
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