Legal Opinion
Oliphant v. Oliphant
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided April 15, 1966PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Chattin
The original bill in this cause was filed in the Chancery-Court of Robertson County by the petitioner, Curtis Oliphant, seeking to have a decree of the General Sessions Court of that County granting respondent an absolute divorce from petitioner declared void.
On appeal, the Court of Appeals, Middle Division, filed its original opinion in this cause on June 25, 1965, in which that Court reversed the Chancellor in holding the divorce decree entered in the General Sessions Court of Robertson County a valid decree. The Court of Appeals held the General Sessions Court did not have jurisdiction of…
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