Appellate Court of Illinois January 7, 1897 (Curran v. McGrath)

Mr. Justice Gary

delivered the opinion op the Court.

The law presumes, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, that a married man is the head of his family, and that the property in his possession is his own. Smith v. Slocum, 62 Ill. 354; McVey v. McQuality, 97 Ill. 93.