Hobbs v. Hobbs

On April 26, 1916, appellee, Marion Taylor Hobbs, filed • her bill in chancery in the circuit court of Cook county, alleging, among other things, that for the past eleven years she and appellant, Frederick J. Hobbs, had been residents of the State; that she was first married to him on or about April 29, 1906, at Hammond, Indiana; that at the time of such marriage appellant had a wife, Mary Jane Hobbs, who was then, and still is, living and that they had not been divorced, and that by reason thereof the marriage between appellee and appellant was void; that on December 17, 1913, appellant…