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  "name_abbreviation": "Iago v. Iago",
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      "Bernard Iago, by Annie Brock, his Next Friend, v. Selina Iago."
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        "text": "Mr. Justice Gary\ndelivered the opinion op the Court.\nThis is a writ of error to reverse a decree of divorce.\nThe plaintiff in error was insane when the suit was commenced, and has so continued hitherto. This writ is prosecuted by a next friend. No property is involved. There is a daughter of some dozen years, the custody of whom is awarded to the defendant in error.\nA motion is made by the defendant in error to dismiss the writ of error upon the ground that the plaintiff in error is incapable to elect whether he will remain married or become single, and no person can elect for him. That, being insane, he could not have been complainant in a suit for divorce, is settled. Bradford v. Abend, 89 Ill. 78.\nThe reason for so holding is that an insane person is incapable to elect. And yet the court held that a bill by. the conservator of the insane wife, to set aside a decree of divorce entered in a suit in which she was complainant, would lie. To such a bill it would seem that capacity to elect was as necessary as to an original bill for a divorce. The case does not show whether any property interests were involved or not, but unless there had been, there could have been no conservator of the insane wife. Sec. 1, Ch. 86, R. S.\n\u2022 Here there is absolutely nothing at stake but the union of the persons.\nThe custody of the daughter is with the defendant in error, with or without a divorce. There is nobody else to take care of the child; .nature devolves that care upon the mother. With the decree of divorce in force, the court which granted it may at any time change that custody, should there be cause for so doing. Sec. 18, Ch. 40, R. S.\nThis writ of error is a new suit. Roberts v. Fahs, 32 Ill. 474.\nTo commence it, somebody must elect, and that the plaintiff in error can not do. And we hold that nobody else can do it for him, as nothing is involved except the status of the parties.\nThis writ is therefore dismissed, at the cost of Annie Brock, who. sued it out as next friend of the plaintiff in error. 4 Am. & Eng. Ency. of Law, 318.\nWrit dismissed.",
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    "attorneys": [
      "M. D. Brown and Haley & O\u2019Donnell, attorneys for plaintiff in error."
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    "head_matter": "Bernard Iago, by Annie Brock, his Next Friend, v. Selina Iago.\n1. Parties\u2014Insane Persons.\u2014An insane person can not be a complainant in a suit for divorce, where nothing but the status of the parties is involved, for the reason that such person is incapable of electing whether he will remain married or become single, and no person can elect for him.\n2. Practice\u2014Writ of Error a New Suit.\u2014A writ of error is a new suit.\n3. Children\u2014Custody of. \u2014The custody of a daughter will, in general, be awarded to the mother in proceedings for divorce, but the court has power at any time to change -such custody, should there be cause for so doing.\nBill for Divorce.\u2014Error to the Circuit Court of Cook County; the Hon. Edward F. Dunne, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1896.\nWrit of error dismissed.\nOpinion filed October 22, 1896.\nM. D. Brown and Haley & O\u2019Donnell, attorneys for plaintiff in error."
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