Marvin v. Collins
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Kane county; the Hon. Clark W. Upton, Judge, presiding. The complainant, Eliza Collins, filed her original bill in the circuit court of Kane county, April 22, 1872, which was amended September 7, 1874, stating, among other things, that she was married to Thomas Collins on July 4, 1842, and lived with him until May, 1857; that on February 19, 1858, she obtained a decree of divorce; that on the 3d day of December, 1859, she filed another bill…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Kane county; the Hon. Clark W. Upton, Judge, presiding. The complainant, Eliza Collins, filed her original bill in the circuit court of Kane county, April 22, 1872, which was amended September 7, 1874, stating, among other things, that she was married to Thomas Collins on July 4, 1842, and lived with him until May, 1857; that on February 19, 1858, she obtained a decree of divorce; that on the 3d day of December, 1859, she filed another bill to enforce a former decree in respect to alimony, and during the pendency of the suit submitted the cause to arbitration;…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Walker
It seems to be conceded that appellee, in February, 1858, was, on her own application, divorced from her husband, Thomas H. Collins. The parties had one child, Eliza Collins, whose care and custody was decreed to appellee, and a decree subsequently rendered, on the 15th of December, 1860, required Collins to pay to appellee annually $50 until Eliza should arrive at twenty-one years of age, or until her marriage before that time. The decree declared a lien on 120 acres of land to secure its payment, and provided that on default of payment execution might issue, and the land be sold for its…
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