Phelan v. Phelan

This was a bill for divorce, brought by John J. Phelan, in the circuit court of Cook county, against Mary Phelan. It is ■charged in the bill, that the defendant, Mary Phelan, on or about the 15th day of August, 1883, willfully deserted the complainant, without reasonable cause, and that such desertion continued for more than two years before the filing of the bill. The defendant denied the desertion charged in the bill, and set up that the complainant was guilty of cruelty and drunkenness. On the hearing, on the pleadings and evidence, the court entered a decree dismissing complainant’s bill,…