Barkman v. Barkman
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. E. O. Brown, Judge, presiding.' This is an appeal from an order of the circuit court of Cook county sustaining a demurrer to appellant’s bill of complaint, and dismissing the same, as amended, for want of equity.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. E. O. Brown, Judge, presiding.' This is an appeal from an order of the circuit court of Cook county sustaining a demurrer to appellant’s bill of complaint, and dismissing the same, as amended, for want of equity. The amended bill sets up facts substantially as follows: The complainant and defendant were married in 1874, and had lived, for several years prior to the filing of said bill, in a three-flat building in Chicago, occupying the upper flat. This property was owned in fee by defendant. The bill alleges that on several occasions the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ricks
Appellant sets up in her bill the proceedings in Barkman v. Barkman, 94 Ill. App. 440, and insists that the judgment of the Appellate Court in that case is res judicata of the question of homestead here involved. In this contention we think appellant misapprehends the effect of that proceeding. It was supplemental to the original decree of divorce, and sought to change the same by adding to an order cutting off appellant’s dower and homestead, and a holding was made in the circuit court that the granting' of alimony in the sum of §4000 in gross and the order for the lease to appellant of the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Biffle v. PullamSupreme Court of Missouri · 1893
- Stahl v. StahlIllinois Supreme Court · 1885
- Heaton v. SawyerSupreme Court of Vermont · 1888
- Barkman v. BarkmanAppellate Court of Illinois · 1901
3Cited by3 opinions
- Claussen v. ClaussenIllinois Supreme Court · 1917
- Krusemark v. StrohIllinois Supreme Court · 1943
- Taylor v. BukowskiIllinois Supreme Court · 1960