Legal Opinion
Shearer v. Shearer
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided December 30, 1965No. 15,131PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMaris, Circuit Judge
OPINION OF THE COURT
This is an appeal by the wife defendant from a decree of divorce awarded to the husband plaintiff on the ground of incompatibility of temperament. The appellant contends, inter alia, that the evidence failed to establish a state of incompatibility of temperament under the law of the Virgin Islands and that the district court’s finding of such incompatibility was clearly erroneous. If so, the decree based upon that finding must necessarily fall.
The Territory of the Virgin Islands was the first American jurisdiction to adopt incompatibility of temperament as a ground for…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Burch v. BurchCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1952
- Hughes v. HughesSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1961
- Barney E. Sachs v. Margheritta C. SachsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1959
- Rakestraw v. RakestrawSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1959
- Wegener v. WegenerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1961
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Phillips v. PhillipsCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1973
- Chancellor v. ChancellorCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1974
- Cooper v. CooperCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1976
- Del Peschio v. Del PeschioCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1966
- Inniss v. InnissSupreme Court of The Virgin Islands · 2016
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