Simpson v. Simpson

Sarah Simpson, defendant in a divorce suit, appeals from a decree of the city court of East St. Louis granting her a divorce on her counterclaim grounded upon her husband’s desertion but awarding the husband, William T. Simpson, all of the real estate and household furnishings upon his payment to her of $5,000 as a property settlement in lieu of alimony. The husband was also' ordered to pay the wife’s attorney’s fee of $300, and the costs of the proceeding.

It is here argued that the trial court erred in awarding the husband all of the real estate and personal property, and we are asked to…