Blankenship v. Hall
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ op Error to the Circuit Court of Fayette county; the Hon. W. M. Farmer, Judge, presiding. Plaintiff in error filed her bill July 20, 1904, in the circuit court of Fayette county.
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Writ op Error to the Circuit Court of Fayette county; the Hon. W. M. Farmer, Judge, presiding. Plaintiff in error filed her bill July 20, 1904, in the circuit court of Fayette county. By her amended bill filed May 8, 1905, she alleged that she was married to John Blankenship about thirty-four years theretofore; that they accumulated by united industry two hundred acres of land in section 28 and forty acres of land in section 25, all in township 5, range 1, east, in said county; that plaintiff in error was adjudged insane and sent to the Anna asylum in 1892 and remained there until pronounced…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Carter
Plainly, from this record, Blankenship intended to deprive his wife, so far as he legally could, of all interest in his property. He advised with his lawyer concerning this at various times, beginning when his wife was still in the asylum. He also consulted with the lawyer as to his right to a divorce, and there is evidence to indicate that he went to South Dakota to secure one. Finding that he could not get a divorce against an insane person, he set about to deprive her, so far as he could, of her interest without a divorce. When he found she was to be sent home, restored in mind, he planned…
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