Reinken v. Reinken

Dietrich G. Reinken, defendant in error, filed a bill for divorce from Louise Marion Ellis Reinken, plaintiff in error, in the circuit court of Cook county. The cause was tried without a jury upon issues raised by the bill of complaint and a cross-bill filed by plaintiff in error. At the earliest opportunity counsel for plaintiff in error moved for the impaneling of a jury, which motion was denied because the statutory fee of eight dollars required under section 33 of the Fees and Salaries act (Smith’s Stat. 1931, chap. 53, p. 1500,) had not been paid. Exceptions were preserved to the court’s…