Ward v. Sampson

Grafton Ward, appellee, filed a complaint in the nature of a bill for review, and the case comes directly to this court on appeal from a decree entered by the city court of the city of East St. Louis, on May 17, 1945. In that decree the court granted a motion for summary judgment on the part of the appellee herein. There was no testimony taken on the hearing, thé court entering its decree solely on the pleadings, affidavits, and counteraffidavits of the parties.

It appears from the record that on March 8, 1935, Lola B. Ward filed a bill for divorce against Grafton Ward in the city court of…