Fox v. Coyne

On February 9,1951, Orville P. Fox filed, in the Circuit Court of Kane County his complaint against his wife, Mary V. Fox for divorce on the grounds of cruelty and habitual drunkenness. The defendant filed an answer denying the charges and also filed a counterclaim. By her amended counterclaim Mrs. Fox charged her husband with cruelty and sought a divorce, and requested alimony, the appointment of a receiver for certain described property in Aurora, an accounting from her husband and an order declaring that she was the owner of a portion of her husband’s property. A hearing, without a jury,…