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  "name": "George B. Abbott v. Cora Belle Abbott",
  "name_abbreviation": "Abbott v. Abbott",
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    "parties": [
      "George B. Abbott v. Cora Belle Abbott."
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        "text": "IVTr. Justice Worthington\ndelivered the opinion of the court.\nBill for divorce, charging extreme and repeated cruelty. Heard by the court, without a jury, and a decree of divorce granted.\nAn examination of the evidence in this case shows no sufficient reasons for reversing the .decree. It discloses unhappy marital relations existing between the parties for many years; that appellant, without provocation, at different times struck appellee, once knocking her down, and at another time knocking, or forcibly shoving her onto a bed; also the frequent use by appellant of degrading and abusive epistles and language toward his wife. It is insisted that his conduct was condoned, the last striking occurring some two or three years before the filing of the bill. We think condonation is not shown.\nAppellee testifies: \u201cHe tormented and nagged me to death; I mean scolding, quarreling, picking fusses all the time.\u201d The final cause of separation appears to have been a demand by appellant that appellee should sign a deed to a certain piece of property. Appellee declined to do so. She testifies that he said she \u201c had to sign that deed and any and all deeds, or leave and get a divorce.\u201d She did leave and filed her bill for a divorce. In view of the conduct and language of appellant, testified to by appellee and her two daughters, aged eighteen and sixteen years, we can not hold that the acts of cruelty testified to by these witnesses were condoned. (Farnham v. Farnham, 73 Ill. 498; Sharp v. Sharp, 116 Ill. 509.) And if not condoned, taken in connection with the language used by appellant, they are sufficient to entitle appellee to her decree. Judgment affirmed.",
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        "author": "IVTr. Justice Worthington"
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    "attorneys": [
      "Forman & Browning and Turner & Holder, attorneys for appellant.",
      "Dill & Wilderman and B. O. Davidson, attorneys for appellee."
    ],
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    "head_matter": "Fourth District\nAugust Term, 1900.\nGeorge B. Abbott v. Cora Belle Abbott.\n1. Divorce\u2014 Condonation \u2014 Burden of Proof. \u2014 Condonation is a forgiveness of matrimonial offenses on condition that such offenses shall not be repeated. The burden of proving a condonation is upon the party claiming it.\nBill for Divorce. \u2014 Appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair County; the Hon. Martin W. Schaefer, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the August term, 1900.\nAffirmed.\nOpinion filed March 11, 1901.\nForman & Browning and Turner & Holder, attorneys for appellant.\nDill & Wilderman and B. O. Davidson, attorneys for appellee."
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