Richards v. Richards
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of La Salle county; the Hon. George W. Stipp, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtBaker, J.
This was a bill for divorce filed by Elizabeth Bicliards against her husband, William Eichards, charging habitual drunkenness for moré than two years, adultery, and extreme and repeated cruelty.- The verdict and decree were for her on the first mentioned ground. The record is now brought here, and various errors are assigned.
The evidence is quite voluminous and conflicting, and we think sufficiently supports the verdict. If the statements of appellee and her witnesses were believed by the jury, then they were fully justified in returning a verdict that appellant had been guilty of habitual…
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