KIRKLAND v. KIRKLAND

Gen. No. 48,770.

38 Ill. App.2d 280 (1962)

187 N.E.2d 15

Northey Kirkland, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Margie Edwards Kirkland, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District, First Division.

December 10, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George C. Adams, of Chicago, for appellant.

No appearance or brief filed for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE MURPHY delivered the opinion of the court.

Essentially, this appeal presents a contest between the first and third wives of Northey Kirkland, now deceased. The question is the validity of a decree of the Superior Court of Cook County, which annulled and dissolved the first marriage because the first wife, Margie Edwards Kirkland, prior to and on the date of the first marriage, was a mentally ill person, not capable of contracting marriage. The third wife...

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