Wesselhoeft v. Wesselhoeft

Henry J. Wesselhoeft appeals from a decree of the superior court of Cook county awarding his wife, Lydia E. Wesselhoeft, a divorce, with an adjudication of property rights, and from an order denying a motion to vacate the decree and for a new trial.

Appellee’s amended complaint charges extreme and repeated cruelty, habitual drunkenness and desertion; the loan and payment for appellant’s benefit of between $25,000 and $30,000; prays for divorce, the return of the money advanced and for general relief. Appellant’s counter-claim charged desertion by appellee. The decree dismissed the…