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Smith v. Smith

Appellate Court of Illinois, Chicago, First District
May 14, 1928
249 Ill. App. 633 (Ill. App. Ct. 1928)

Summary

In Smith v. Smith, 249 Ill. App. 633 (334 Ill. 370), the question of whether a court of chancery had power to enter an order compelling a divorced husband to pay solicitor's fees towards defraying the expense of a wife who had petitioned to have the alimony allowed to her by the decree increased, was considered.

Summary of this case from Gerson v. Mathes

Opinion

Gen. No. 31,983.

Opinion filed May 14, 1928.

Petition to modify decree of divorce in respect to alimony and restrain transfer of property by defendant. Decree for complainant.

Error to the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Joseph Sabath, Judge, presiding. Heard in the first division of this court for the first district at the October term, 1927.

Church, Haft, Robertson Crowe, for plaintiff in error; Egbert Robertson, of counsel. Roy C. Woods and John H. Bishop, for defendant in error; Roy S. Gaskill, of counsel.


Affirmed.


Summaries of

Smith v. Smith

Appellate Court of Illinois, Chicago, First District
May 14, 1928
249 Ill. App. 633 (Ill. App. Ct. 1928)

In Smith v. Smith, 249 Ill. App. 633 (334 Ill. 370), the question of whether a court of chancery had power to enter an order compelling a divorced husband to pay solicitor's fees towards defraying the expense of a wife who had petitioned to have the alimony allowed to her by the decree increased, was considered.

Summary of this case from Gerson v. Mathes
Case details for

Smith v. Smith

Case Details

Full title:Frances Evelyn Smith, defendant in error, v. Carl E. Smith, sometimes…

Court:Appellate Court of Illinois, Chicago, First District

Date published: May 14, 1928

Citations

249 Ill. App. 633 (Ill. App. Ct. 1928)

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