Legal Opinion

Brown v. Brown

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided October 13, 1911No. Gen. No. 5498PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Divorce. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Warren county; the Hon. Robert J. Grier, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the April term, 1911.

1Opinion of the Court

Mb. Presiding Justice George W. Thompson

delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a proceeding for divorce begun in the circuit court of Warren county, by appellee against appellant. Two issues are made by the amended hill and answer: first, was appellee and had she, for a year prior to filing her bill, been a resident of Warren county, Illinois ; second, was the appellant guilty of the charge of wilful desertion without any reasonable cause for the space of two years.

The evidence shows that appellee prior to her marriage resided in Warren county. The parties were married at Streator in…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Kennedy v. KennedyIllinois Supreme Court · 1877
  2. Hill v. HillIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
  3. Derby v. DerbyAppellate Court of Illinois · 1884

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Phinizy v. PhinizySupreme Court of Georgia · 1922
  2. Pobst v. PobstMissouri Court of Appeals · 1958
  3. Sayles v. SaylesSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1918

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