Appellate Court of Illinois, 1918

People v. Stark

Appellate Court of Illinois · Decided March 13, 1918 · Connor

210 Ill. App. 75

Opinion of the Court

Mr. Justice O’Connor

delivered the opinion of the court.

2. Husband and wine, § 243*—when award for support of wife and child not excessive. Ten dollars a week was not excessive as an award to a wife for the support of herself and a minor child, upon abandonment by the husband, where her husband was earning $85 a month and required $12.50 a week for his own expenses, notwithstanding the wife was also earning $12 a week.

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