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fcpi LV^Vl .1* -----------♦Clicul. touri.The trial of divorce cases occupied the court, uiosfc of to-day- The first disposed of was the suit of Alexander Day.13 against Elvira E. Davis. The plaintiff obtained a judgment of divorce, there being no appearance for the defendant. The plaintiff adduced considerable testimony tending to show that the defendant, inswife, was rather a bid citizen. The parties are from Monroe. E. T. Gardner, Esq.*leader ofthe Green county bar, managedthe case upon the port of the plaintiff withdistinguished ability.Elizabeth L. Leavenworth against Ira H. Leavenworth was nest taken up. Ttc P’airuiff therein seeks for divorce from her husband on the ground of cruel and 5u-huraun treatment, and alio demands alimony. The.parties are both over fifty years of age. The plaintiff testified to va-riouk acts of violence and ill neatment of herself bv defendant, running through a long period-of timoT The'parties formerly lived at La Prairie, upon a valuable farm owned by the defendant. The plaintiff also alleges that her husband conveyed awsy Ins larra to lus own relatives, in order to defraud her out of her alimony. She seeks to have these conveyances sot aside, ar.d to havealimony allowed to her out of it. The de fendant denies the charge of cruel and ic-hurnka treatment made against him, and ■also denies having transferred his property for the purposes charged by the plaintiff.There ar« numerous witnesses iu attend* j aace, and the case is exciting considerable interest. MissLavima Goodeli. and John Wmans.Eaq., appear for 'the;piaintiff, and
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Janesville Gazette
Janesville, Wisconsin, US
Tue, Dec 28, 1875
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