Legal Opinion

Williams v. Robinson

District Court, District of Columbia

Decided April 12, 1940No. 5720PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LETTS, Justice.

By way of background it may be stated that the following matters transpired in sequence as related; the defendant’s wife filed a suit for maintenance; the defendant filed his answer with a cross-complaint seeking an absolute divorce upon the ground of adultery, naming this plaintiff as corespondent; in his answer to such cross-complaint this plaintiff contented himself with denying the acts of adultery with which he was charged; such maintenance cause is identified as Civil Action No. 5224, and is pending in this court.

Plaintiff brings this suit entitling his complaint as one…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Craft Refrigerating MacHine Co. v. Quinnipiac Brewing Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1893
  2. Scarborough v. SmithSupreme Court of Kansas · 1877
  3. De Wolfe v. . AbrahamNew York Court of Appeals · 1896
  4. Cheatham v. . BobbittSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1896

3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Elizabeth Forsling Harris v. Gloria Steinem, Patricia Carbine and Ms. Magazine Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1978
  2. Columbia Plaza Corporation v. Security National BankCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1975
  3. Parmelee v. Chicago Eye Shield Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1946
  4. Schoeman v. New York Life InsuranceWashington Supreme Court · 1986
  5. Annis v. Dewey County BankDistrict Court, D. South Dakota · 1971

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