Hawkins v. Hawkins

Virginia W. Hawkins filed a bill in the circuit court of Cook county .against her former husband Willard Trice Hawkins for alimony, an allowance to support their minor child and an injunction restraining the defendant from disposing of his property. The defendant’s demurrer to the bill was sustained and the court, finding that it had no jurisdiction of the subject matter, dismissed the bill “for the want of equity.” The complainant prosecutes this appeal.

The appellant and Willard Trice Hawkins, the appellee, were married on May 18, 1917, and lived together as husband and wife until September…