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  "name": "Samuel Gray v. Catharine Gray",
  "name_abbreviation": "Gray v. Gray",
  "decision_date": "1898-03-01",
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  "first_page": "509",
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      "Samuel Gray v. Catharine Gray."
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      {
        "text": "Mr. Justice Bigelow\ndelivered the opinion of the Court.\nAppellee, who is the wife of appellant, filed her bill in chancery for a divorce, on the ground of extreme and repeated cruelty (alleging the particulars thereof), and also praying for temporary as well as permanent alimony, and for the custody of her two minor children.\nAppellant answered, denying in general terms everything contained in the bill.\nAppellee then filed her petition, duly verified, averring that she was destitute of means of supporting herself during the pendency of the suit, or for prosecuting her suit and defraying costs, and alleging that appellant was possessed of property, and praying for an order requiring appellant to pay her a sum sufficient to temporarily supply her needs.\nAppellant answered the petition, admitting the filing of the bill, but denying the truth of the grounds of it, and admitting that appellee had no means of support and was unable to earn a livelihood, by reason of being physically disabled, but denying that he owned any considerable property, and denying that he ivas able to pay her anything, as temporary alimony or otherwise.\nEvidence was taken before the court of appellant\u2019s ability to pay and the court ordered and decreed him to pay the sum of $50, from which appellant immediately prayed an appeal, when the court raised the sum to $75, from which order and decree appellant appealed to this court and assigns for error the order and decree.\nThe evidence is somewhat uncertain as to the value of appellant\u2019s property, but we are satisfied he has some above his exemptions, so he can pay if he desires to do so; it is apparent from his testimony that for some reason, he does not desire to pay, but rather prefers to pay his creditors by turning over his exempt property to them.\nHis evidence shows his wife to be a \u201c hopeless cripple,\u201d made so by falling from a cherry tree since their marriage.\nSome of his creditors, and among them his immediate relatives, are suing him, but there are good reasons for believing appellant is urging them to do so, in order to defeat his wife\u2019s claim for alimony.\nShe seems to be living with her parents, who are poor people.\nThe allowance of temporary alimony rests largely in the discretion of the chancellor, and we can not say the discretion has been abused in' this case, and therefore the order and decree is affirmed.",
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        "author": "Mr. Justice Bigelow"
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    "attorneys": [
      "Feed. B. Meeeill and Egbert A. Mooneyham, attorneys for appellant.",
      "Franklin A. McConaughy, attorney for appellee."
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    "head_matter": "Samuel Gray v. Catharine Gray.\n1. Alimony\u2014Temporary\u2014Discretion of the Court.\u2014The allowance of temporary alimony rests largely in the discretion of the court.\nBill for Divorce.\u2014Appeal from the Circuit Court, St. Clair County; the Hon. Alonzo S. -Wilderman, Judge, presiding.\nHeard in this court at the August term, 1897.\nAffirmed.\nOpinion filed March 1, 1898.\nFeed. B. Meeeill and Egbert A. Mooneyham, attorneys for appellant.\nFranklin A. McConaughy, attorney for appellee.\nThe awarding of such allowance, and its amount, are in the discretion of the court, and will not be disturbed unless there is an abuse. Burgess v. Burgess, 25 Ill. App. 525."
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