Rieso v. Rieso

Full title: Theophil Rieso, Appellant, v. Irene Rieso, Appellee

Court: Appellate Court of Illinois

Date published: Jan 20, 1947

330 Ill. App. 428 (Ill. App. Ct. 1947)

71 N.E.2d 185

Opinion

Term No. 4603. (Abstract of Decision.)

Opinion filed January 20, 1947 Released for publication February 20, 1947

DIVORCE, § 77^_ — proof required to substantiate charge of cruelty. Degree of proof required to substantiate charge of extreme and repeated cruelty in divorce action is same as in all other cases of civil nature, and plaintiff is required to prove his case by preponderance of evidence.

_ See Callaghan's Illinois Digest, same topic and section number.

Appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair county; the Hon. EDWARD F. BAREIS, Judge, presiding.

Affirmed. Heard in this court at the October term, 1946.

Harold J. Bandy, for appellant;

Lindauer, Lindauer Pessin, for appellee.

Opinion by JUSTICE BARTLEY.

Not to be published in full. Opinion filed January 20, 1947; released for publication February 20, 1947.