Jenkins v. Jenkins
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. E. S. Williams, Judge, presiding. This was a suit in chancery instituted in the court below, by Elizabeth Jenkins, for a divorce from her husband, John Jenkins. The principal ground relied upon was the alleged adultery committed by the defendant. The court granted the divorce, and the defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott
Two grounds for divorce are set forth in the bill in this cause: first, extreme and repeated cruelty; and, second, adultery. No evidence was offered on the first cause, with a view to a divorce for that cause, but the trial was as to whether defendant had been guilty of adultery since his intermarriage with complainant.
The parties were married in 1867. Complainant was then a widow with children by a former husband, some of whom she brought with her to defendant’s home. Soon after their marriage, difficulty sprang up between them, partly on account of the treatment of the children. Accusations…
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