Mueller v. Mueller
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. George Kersten, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the March term, 1916.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice McSurelt
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an appeal from an order finding appellant guilty of contempt for failure to pay alimony and committing him to jail.
The decree recites that the court heard testimony produced on behalf of the complainant and defendant. This testimony has not been preserved in the record before us and the decree contains no findings of fact. The argument therefore is that as there should be no imprisonment for contempt for failure to pay alimony where it is shown that “his disobedience had not been wilful, but was solely on account of his…
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