Miles v. Miles
Appellate Court of Illinois
Bill for Divorce.—Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Richard W. Clifford, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1901. Appellant and appellee were married in 1878. In 1900 appellant exhibited his bill of complaint alleging, inter alia, that appellee had been guilty of extreme and repeated cruelty, and praying for a decree of absolute divorce. Appellee filed answer and cross-bill.
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Bill for Divorce.—Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Richard W. Clifford, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1901. Appellant and appellee were married in 1878. In 1900 appellant exhibited his bill of complaint alleging, inter alia, that appellee had been guilty of extreme and repeated cruelty, and praying for a decree of absolute divorce. Appellee filed answer and cross-bill. By her answer she denied the allegations of appellant’s bill. By her cross-bill she charged appellant with extreme and repeated cruelty, and prayed for a decree providing for…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sears
Two questions were submitted to the trial court, viz.: First, as to whether appellant was entitled to a decree of divorce upon his original bill of complaint and the evidence; and, second, as to whether appellee was entitled to a decree providing for her separate maintenance, upon her cross-bill and the evidence.
The learned chancellor of the Circuit Court found for the appellee upon each of these issues. One of these findings, viz., that the evidence failed to sustain the appellant’s original bill, we are not called to review, for the appellant’s counsel state in reply brief as follows:
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