Legal Opinion

Hundley v. Neely

Wyoming Supreme Court

Decided October 10, 1961No. 2974PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice McINTYRE

The subject matter of this action is a warranty deed pertaining to property in Casper, Wyoming. Said deed purports to name as party of the second part or grantee William M. Hart and Alabama Hart, his wife, or the survivor of them.

The plaintiff, as executrix of the estate of William M. Hart, deceased, contends that Alabama Hart was not a lawful wife to the deceased; that she was previously a common-law wife to a man by the name of Neely in St. Louis, Missouri, where common-law marriages are recognized; that she was not divorced from Neely and therefore her marriage to Hart was void. The…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Estate of Don Murillo Brockway, Deceased v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1954
  2. Spaulding v. Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Vermont · 1922
  3. In Re Miller's EstateSupreme Court of Iowa · 1956
  4. Arthur v. ArthurNebraska Supreme Court · 1927
  5. Coffin v. ShortSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1954

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Witzel v. WitzelWyoming Supreme Court · 1963
  2. Choman v. EpperleyWyoming Supreme Court · 1979
  3. Nordale v. FisherArizona Supreme Court · 1963
  4. Walsh v. WalshWyoming Supreme Court · 1992
  5. Schulz v. MillerWyoming Supreme Court · 1992

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