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  "name": "Mary E. Miller, Appellee, v. Edward S. Miller, Appellant",
  "name_abbreviation": "Miller v. Miller",
  "decision_date": "1918-03-13",
  "docket_number": "Gen. No. 23,782",
  "first_page": "76",
  "last_page": "77",
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  "court": {
    "name_abbreviation": "Ill. App. Ct.",
    "id": 8837,
    "name": "Illinois Appellate Court"
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    "name_long": "Illinois",
    "name": "Ill."
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    "judges": [],
    "parties": [
      "Mary E. Miller, Appellee, v. Edward S. Miller, Appellant."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "Mr. Justice O\u2019Connor\ndelivered the opinion of the court.",
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        "author": "Mr. Justice O\u2019Connor"
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    "attorneys": [
      "Egbert A. J. Shaw and James G. Cotter, for appellant.",
      "Albert B. George, for appellee."
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    "head_matter": "Mary E. Miller, Appellee, v. Edward S. Miller, Appellant.\nGen. No. 23,782.\n(Not to be reported in full.)\nAppeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Denis E. Sullivan, Judge, presiding.\nHeard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1917.\nAffirmed.\nOpinion filed March 13, 1918.\nRehearing denied March 25, 1918.\nStatement of the Case.\nBill by Mary E. Miller, complainant, against Edward S. Miller, defendant, for divorce. From an order committing defendant to jail for wilful refusal to pay certain alimony theretofore ordered to be paid by him to complainant, defendant appeals.\nDecree of divorce was entered, with award to complainant in lieu of alimony of $780.65 and an interest in a certain life insurance policy. Complainant thereafter filed a petition asking for a rule on defendant to show cause why he should not be adjudged in contempt for failure to pay alimony, to which defendant filed his verified answer, and a few days later filed a record in the Appellate Court seeking reversal of the decree as to alimony. The answer was held insufficient and an. order entered finding defendant guilty of contempt and ordering him committed until the decree should he complied with, not exceeding 6 months. Opinion on defendant\u2019s writ of error was filed the same day as present opinion. See Miller v. Miller, Gen. No. 23,450, ante, p. 67.\nAbstract of the Decision.\nDivorce, \u00a7 121 \u2014when answer in contempt proceedings for failure to pay alimony is insufficient. Answer of defendant to complainant\u2019s petition to show cause why he should not be adjudged in contempt for nonpayment of alimony decreed her, held insufficient where it showed he was a practicing physician earning and receiving from $150 to $180 a month, with expenses of $117, including $20 for an automobile.\nEgbert A. J. Shaw and James G. Cotter, for appellant.\nAlbert B. George, for appellee.\nSee Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XV, and Cumulative Quarterly, same topic and section number."
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