Legal Opinion

White v. White

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided April 25, 1938No. 4-5045PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtGriffin Smith, C. J.

This appeal is from a decree of the Union chancery court wherein appellee, Dr. D. E. White, was granted an absolute divorce from appellant on the ground that “the parties have lived separate and apart for more than three years pi’ior to the filing of the complaint.”

By act 167 of 1937, § 3500 of Crawford & Moses ’ Digest, was amended to read: “Divorce from the bonds of matrimony may be obtained, in addition to the causes now provided by law, and subject to the same procedure and requirements, for the following cause: When the husband and wife have lived apart for three consecutive years…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Pierce v. PierceWashington Supreme Court · 1922
  2. State v. SewellSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1885
  3. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. Kirtley & GulleySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1915
  4. Dicken v. Missouri Pacific Railroad Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1934
  5. Public Service Railway Co. v. Board of Public Utility CommissionersSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1911

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Gleason v. GleasonNew York Court of Appeals · 1970
  2. Jensen v. Intermountain Health Care, Inc.Utah Supreme Court · 1984
  3. Jones v. JonesSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1940
  4. Carlson v. CarlsonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1939
  5. Cassaro v. CassaroOhio Court of Appeals · 1976

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