Bergen v. Bergen
Illinois Supreme Court
Sarah E. Bergen, the defendant in error, filed her bill of chancery, for a divorce, against John Bergen, the plaintiff in error, on the 28th day of February, 1855, in the Will Circuit Court, and obtained a summons, returnable to the following March term of said court, which summons was served and returned in time for a hearing at said March term, 1855. The bill charged said John Bergen with the commission of adultery, during the then present winter, (1854-5), at the city of…
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Sarah E. Bergen, the defendant in error, filed her bill of chancery, for a divorce, against John Bergen, the plaintiff in error, on the 28th day of February, 1855, in the Will Circuit Court, and obtained a summons, returnable to the following March term of said court, which summons was served and returned in time for a hearing at said March term, 1855. The bill charged said John Bergen with the commission of adultery, during the then present winter, (1854-5), at the city of Joliet, in Will county, with Phebe Bergen, his own daughter by a former wife. The bill set forth that complainant had…
1Opinion of the Court
Breese, J:
We do not perceive any objection to the decree rendered in this cause.
The charge in the bill of complaint was, repeated acts of adultery by the defendant with his own daughter by a former wife. He was duly served with process, and had every opportunity to deny the charge, but he did not deny it, he admitted it, by suffering a default to be entered. After the bill was taken for confessed, the court heard testimony in support of the charge, from which it appeared to the court that the facts charged were true, and that the defendant had been guilty, before the commencement of the suit,…
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