Legal Opinion
Domino v. Domino
Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court
Decided June 20, 1951No. 620957PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
By HOOVER, J:
Does the mere commencement of a suit for divorce and alimony by a wife, where the petition neither describes nor seeks a right against any specifically designated property of the husband but prays generally for divorce and alimony, constitute lis pendens as against the husband’s real estate so as to give any alimony that might ultimately be awarded, priority in such real estate over a lien of judgment taken by the husband’s creditor while such divorce and alimony suit was pending? That is one of the important questions here.
This is a partition suit filed Dec. 14, 1950,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Houston v. TimmermanOregon Supreme Court · 1889
- Sapp v. WightmanIllinois Supreme Court · 1882
- Daniel v. . HodgesSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1882
3Cited by5 opinions
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- Brownlee v. VangCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1962