Legal Opinion · Concurring in part, dissenting in part

Golden v. Golden

New Mexico Supreme Court

Decided April 24, 1937No. 4187Published

1Concurring in part, dissenting in partBickley, Justice

I am in accord with the holding that a probate judge had authority to perform a marriage ceremony.

I think the award of alimony was excessive, but from the way the case was presented to the trial court, appellant is not entitled to relief.

I am unable to subscribe to the majority view that a party may practice a fraud on the courts of this state, then go into the courts of a neighboring Republic and there practice a fraud upon its courts, and having enjoyed the fruits 'of her conduct, return to her own repudiated courts and find sanctuary for a plea to be allowed to profit by her own wrong. I…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Riggs v. . PalmerNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
  2. Starbuck v. . StarbuckNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
  3. De Meli v. . De MeliNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
  4. Williams v. . WilliamsNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
  5. Moore v. . HegemanNew York Court of Appeals · 1883

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