Legal Opinion
French v. French
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided September 9, 1963No. Gen. No. 48,687PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE ENGLISH
delivered the opinion of the court.
Defendant filed a petition under Section 72 of the Civil Practice Act to vacate a divorce decree. Plaintiff’s motion to strike the petition was allowed. Subsequently, another similar petition was filed by defendant. This petition was dismissed for want of equity and defendant has appealed from both orders.
On January 4, 1960, plaintiff filed suit for separate maintenance, charging her husband with three acts of cruelty, and alleging that he had gone to Nevada with the intention of procuring a divorce there and then returning to…
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