Wightman v. Wightman
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ or Error to the Circuit Court of Peoria county; the Hon. Sabin D. Puterbaugh, Judge, presiding. This was a proceeding instituted by Matilda Wightman for an attachment against John Wightman for a contempt of court in refusing to pay alimony as provided in a decree for divorce between the parties. An attachment was issued, upon which the defendant was arrested and brought into court. The defendant moved to he discharged, which was refused.
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Writ or Error to the Circuit Court of Peoria county; the Hon. Sabin D. Puterbaugh, Judge, presiding. This was a proceeding instituted by Matilda Wightman for an attachment against John Wightman for a contempt of court in refusing to pay alimony as provided in a decree for divorce between the parties. An attachment was issued, upon which the defendant was arrested and brought into court. The defendant moved to he discharged, which was refused. Refusing to purge himself of the contempt, he was adjudged to be in contempt and committed to jail. An appeal was prayed, and refused. The case was…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Beeese
It appears from the record in this cause, that Matilda Wightman, the defendant in error, had, at the March Term, 1859, of the Peoria Circuit Court, obtained a decree of divorce against John Wightman, and an allowance of alimony of $500 per annum, payable in semi-annual installments of $250, and that the decree was made a specific lien on the lands of the defendant, and upon the rents and profits thereof.
The installments for 1866, and that due January 1, 1867, being in arrears, Matilda Wightman, at the June Term, 1867, of the Peoria Circuit Court, entered her motion to place the cause of…
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