1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. Ill.
  4. 19 Ill.
  5. 19 Ill. App.2d 304 (1958)
 

MORPHET v. MORPHET

Gen. No. 47,313.

19 Ill. App.2d 304 (1958)

152 N.E.2d 492

Florence Morphet, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Stephen Morphet, Defendant-Appellee, Equitable Life Assurance Society of United States, Garnishee-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, Second Division.

Released for publication September 18, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mayer, Friedlich, Spiess, Tierney, Brown & Platt, of Chicago (Sherwood K. Platt, and William D. Doggett, of counsel) for Equitable Life Assurance Society of United States, garnishee-appellant.

Fisher, Hassen & Fisher, of Chicago (Joseph Fisher, and Lawrence Fisher, of counsel) for Florence Morphet, plaintiff-appellee.

PRESIDING JUSTICE LEWE delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a garnishment action. The court sustained plaintiff's motion to strike the garnishee's amended answer, and entered judgment in favor of defendant for use of plaintiff. The garnishee appeals.

It is admitted that: Plaintiff and defendant, residents of Erie, Pennsylvania, were married. Plaintiff and defendant entered a contract for plaintiff's support, which contract provided that defendant pay...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases