Legal Opinion
Rappel v. Rappel
New York Supreme Court
Decided May 10, 1963PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLawrence J. Peltin, J.
Defendant in this action was married in 1928 to one Lena Altshafler (or Altschafl) in Munich, Germany. Sometime in 1942 he obtained a divorce in Nevada, after serving his wife by publication. She did not appear in that *223action. Shortly thereafter he participated in a marriage ceremony with one Elizabeth Hacker, with whom he lived until 1954. Plaintiff in this action was living with her second husband in the same apartment building as defendant and his purported second wife. This proximity blossomed into romance, and after shedding their mates by means of Mexican divorces, plaintiff and…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Williams v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Williams v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Sherrer v. SherrerSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Coe v. CoeSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Alexander v. KuykendallSupreme Court of Virginia · 1951
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Lucille Steele v. Elliot Richardson, Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
- Cooper v. CooperSupreme Court of Iowa · 1974
- Case v. CaseNew York City Family Court · 1967
- Calloway v. MunzerNew York Supreme Court · 1968
- In re the Estate of CarterNew York Surrogate's Court · 1972
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