Newman v. Newman

Sarah C. Newman filed a bill for divorce against her husband, Augustus Newman, in the circuit court of Cook county, on the 17th day of December, 1870.

The bill alleged, as a ground for divorce, willful desertion and absence two years.

At the January term, 1871, the defendant answered the bill, denying the desertion, and charged in his answer that in fact the complainant deserted him at the time she alleged he deserted her. At the same time he filed a cross-bill, praying for divorce in his behalf on the ground of willful desertion, as charged in his answer.

At this same term of court, on…