Bower v. Bower

George Rose Smith, Justice.

This is a divorce case. The parties were married in 1924, were divorced in Illinois in 1959, remarried in 1961, and again separated on October 24, 1962. In 1963 Mrs. Bower obtained a decree of separate maintenance. In 1970 Dr. Bower filed the present suit for divorce, on the ground of three years separation. By counterclaim Mrs. Bower sought a divorce, for general indignities. The chancellor awarded the divorce to Dr. Bower, upon the ground of three years separation. The court found, however, that Dr. Bower was at fault in causing the separation. An award of alimony…