Colburn v. Colburn

During World War II at the Lord Mayor’s Day Luncheon in London (November, 1942), Winston Churchill recounted that the then late Greek statesman, M. Venizelos had "observed that in all her wars England ... always wins one battle — her last.” Britain’s plight at that point was somewhat grim, but the Prime Minister noted that what was then happening was "not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.” It is hoped that this case which has been wending its way through the domestic courts of several states for almost a decade, while it may not be at…