Edmond v. Edmond

This case involves a suit for divorce filed by the plaintiff, Hurley Edmond, against Willie Edmond, his wife, based upon a charge of desertion. The circuit court of St. Clair County dismissed plaintiff’s suit for divorce with prejudice for want of equity. It is from that judgment this appeal is taken.

The plaintiff-appellant, Hurley Edmond, and the defendant-appellee, Willie Edmond, were married on April 15, 1945, in the city of East St. Louis, Illinois. There were no children bom of this marriage. On March 26, 1969, the defendant-appellee filed a complaint charging the plaintiff-appellant…