Woodward v. Woodward

This cause comes into this court on a petition in error to the common pleas court of Hamilton county, the purpose of which proceeding is to reverse a judgment rendered in the court below in favor of the defendants in error.

The questions involved are novel, interesting and important. The history of the litigation is something like the following:

Prior to 1918, plaintiff in error and defendant in error Blanche Woodward, were husband and wife, and are still, I think, so far as that is concerned. Prior to March, 1918, Blanche Woodward had brought an action in the superior court of Cook county,…