Kinsley v. Kinsley

The plaintiff-appellant, Frederick Roy Kinsley, filed his complaint for divorce in the superior court of Cook county on November 24, 1943, charging his wife, Verona Halla Kinsley, the appellee, with adultery. The complaint set forth the usual allegations stating the time and the place of the marriage, the time of the separation and the residence of the parties to the suit. The appellee' was properly served with process, but did not appear or defend the action in any way. In apt time she was defaulted by the order of the trial court.

The case came on for a hearing on January 18, 1944, and the…