Boylan v. Boylan

The plaintiff in error, LeRoy B. Boylan, filed a bill for divorce from his wife, Anna, in the superior court of Cook county on the ground of desertion. She answered the bill and filed a cross-bill for separate maintenance. The chancellor, upon a hearing, entered a decree of divorce on the complainant’s bill and dismissed the cross-bill for want of equity but awarded the wife $80 a month alimony and $500 for her solicitor’s fees in addition to what had been allowed previously. She sued out a writ of error from the Appellate Court, which reversed the decree and remanded the case to the superior…