Curlett v. Curlett
Appellate Court of Illinois
Divorce.—Error to the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Frank Baker, Judge presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the March term, 1902.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Burke
The amended bill filed by the wife for a divorce from her husband states as ground for divorce that he “on the first day of August, 1897, willfully deserted and absented himself from complainant and continued to do so from that time hitherto.” Decree having been entered for the complainant a writ of error is sued out of this court and a reversal of the decree is asked on two grounds:
First. That the allegation of the bill charging desertion is not sufficient to conform to the requirement of the statute, in that it does not contain the language of the statute, “without any reasonable cause for…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Johnson v. JohnsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1888
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- Freeland v. FreelandSupreme Court of Missouri · 1854
- Crawford v. CookAppellate Court of Illinois · 1894
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