Keating v. Keating

Citations

• 48 Ill. 241

Syllabus

<p>1. Divorce—mode of decreeing alimony. In cases of divorce, the better mode of decreeing alimony is, unless special reason to the contrary exist, by an annual allowance, to be held under the control of the court.</p> <p>2. Same—giving the fee in land. In this case the wife was given as alimony, the fee in a portion of the husband’s real estate, and the decree was sought to be sustained on the ground the property was bought with her money, which was not the fact; it was directed that she have a life estate, or an annuity, but not the fee.</p>