Wilson v. Wilson
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Champaign county; the Hon. C. B. Smith, Judge, presiding. Mary 0. Wilson filed a bill against her husband, Andrew Wilson, for divorce, charging habitual drunkenness; also, extreme and repeated cruelty. ■ He answered, denying the charges, and filed a cross-bill, seeking a divorce upon charges made therein against his wife, of adultery. Her answer denies these charges.
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Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Champaign county; the Hon. C. B. Smith, Judge, presiding. Mary 0. Wilson filed a bill against her husband, Andrew Wilson, for divorce, charging habitual drunkenness; also, extreme and repeated cruelty. ■ He answered, denying the charges, and filed a cross-bill, seeking a divorce upon charges made therein against his wife, of adultery. Her answer denies these charges. The issues were tried by a jury, and a verdict rendered in favor of the wife upon all the issues. After overruling a motion for a new trial, the circuit court dismissed the cross-bill, and…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dickey
The proofs upon the trial before the jury are all preserved in the record, and the instructions given to the jury, and we are asked to hold that the circuit court erred in refusing to grant a new trial. After a careful consideration of the same, we find no sufficient ground to sustain this position. It is true that the proofs in support of the charges against the plaintiff in error are not of a very conclusive character, and might well have permitted a different finding, but we can not say that the jury were not warranted in the conclusion at which they arrived. It is also true that the…
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