Wessels v. Wessels
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Stephenson County; the Hon. William Shown, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtC. B. Smith, J.
This was a bill filed by Ilarmena F. Wessels, appellant, against her husband, Jelderk Wessels, appellee, asking for a divorce on the ground of extreme and repeated cruelty, and also asking for alimony and the custody of her infant, children.
The answer denies some of the specific acts of cruelty and admits others, and alleges great provocation as an excuse therefor.
He charges his wife with having been an habitual drunkard before and ever since they were married, but says he did not know she was addicted to the use of liquor before they were married, and charges that she has an ungovernable and…
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