Bowman v. Bowman
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Murray F. Tulby, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtMoran, P. J.
This is an appeal from an order allowing suit money and alimony pendente lite to appellee in her suit to obtain a divorce from appellant on the ground of adultery.
She alleged in her bill that she was lawfully married to appellant on June 27, 1886, and it appears from the statements of her affidavits, filed in support of her motion for alimony, that the marriage claimed by her to have been entered into, was what is known as a common law marriage. Appellant’s objections to the decree are:
1st. That a common law marriage is not such a marriage as the Legislature of this State has authorized the…
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