Danforth v. Danforth
Illinois Supreme Court
Motion in this court to amend the record so as to give effect to the judgment as of a prior term. On the 15th day of July, 1881, George W. Danforth filed his hill in the circuit court of Iroquois county, against Anna Danforth,' his wife, to obtain a divorce, on the ground of extreme and repeated cruelty.
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Motion in this court to amend the record so as to give effect to the judgment as of a prior term. On the 15th day of July, 1881, George W. Danforth filed his hill in the circuit court of Iroquois county, against Anna Danforth,' his wife, to obtain a divorce, on the ground of extreme and repeated cruelty. Upon an ex parte hearing, the. circuit court found the defendant guilty of the charges in the bill, and decreed a divorce; and it appearing that the parties had agreed upon the amount the defendant was to receive in lieu of alimony, dower, and all other right, claim and intSest which she then…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dickey
This cause was, at the September term, 1882, properly submitted to this court by the parties, for its final judgment, upon the merits. Both parties then being in life, this court thereby acquired complete jurisdiction over the'parties and of the subject matter of the controversy, which was not divested by the subsequent death of the appellee. No question is made but that a judgment of this court, if made at that term, would have been valid and conclusive upon the parties properly before it. Formerly, the judgments of this court were announced and entered of record only in term time, and…
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