STEFFENS v. STEFFENS

No. 31398.

408 Ill. 150 (1951)

96 N.E.2d 458

GEORGE H. STEFFENS, Appellee, v. BERTHA M. STEFFENS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 18, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

CASSELS, POTTER & BENTLEY, of Chicago, (RICHARD H. MERRICK, and FRANCIS C. PALMER, of counsel,) for appellant.

PAUL F. KOENIG, of Chicago, for appellee.

EDWARD R. ADAMS, of Chicago, amicus curiae.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE FULTON delivered the opinion of the court:

A decree of divorce was entered, in a suit between the parties herein, by the superior court of Cook County on July 9, 1946. On May 7, 1948, the appellant, Bertha M. Steffens, filed a petition in said court to vacate the decree on the ground that her husband, George H. Steffens, the plaintiff in that suit, was not a resident of Cook County and the State of Illinois for a period of one...

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