Harman v. Harman
Illinois Supreme Court
This causo was hoard by Woodson, Judge, at May term, 1854, of Menard Circuit Court. The instructions, upon which the case was presented to this Court, are set out in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtScates, J.
Bill for a divorce. It sets out a marriage in Missouri, in 1848. That for three years past, the plaintiff has been a notorious drunkard; that he treated defendant with repeated and extreme cruelty, tore her dress off, threatened to kill her, violently struck and bruised her face, and barred the doors of his house against her, and forbid her entering it again. That for three years he has used personal violence at divers times, and by threats kept her in constant dread, and for two years has failed to provide her proper means of support. That he has taken the elder of their two children, a…
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