Legal Opinion
State v. Townsend
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided March 17, 1961No. 38,262PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Nelson, Justice.
Defendant, Alfred William Townsend, and the complaining witness, Vera Townsend, were divorced January 30, 1952, by decree of the District Court of Hennepin County. Five children had been bom as the issue of their marriage, to wit: Robert William, bom October 19, 1938; Richard Arnold, bom March 6, 1941; Sharon Ann, bom February 24, 1945; Priscilla Jane, bom March 23, 1946; and Russell Scott, bom May 19, 1949.
The divorce was granted on the grounds that defendant had engaged in a course of habitual drunkenness continuously for more than one year preceding the commencement of the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- NielsenSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
- In Re SnowSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
- Gay v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1898
- Phelps v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1911
- State v. HigginSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1959
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3Cited by8 opinions
- State v. RaceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1986
- State v. EdwardsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1964
- State v. RepsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1974
- State Ex Rel. Grattan v. TahashSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1962
- State Ex Rel. Geiselhart v. TahashSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1966
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