Olmsted v. Olmsted
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. The facts are stated in the opinion. . The plaintiffs in error became “lawful issue” of Benjamin F. Olmsted in Michigan, as' the< divorce recovered by him - from his- first wife was and is valid in all respects in that ‘ •State. 2 Howell’s Gen. Stat-. Michigan, in force in 1882, p. 1622, §§.6228-6231. The proceedings having been in -accordance with the statutes of Michigan, and no attempt having been made to-open…
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. The facts are stated in the opinion. . The plaintiffs in error became “lawful issue” of Benjamin F. Olmsted in Michigan, as' the< divorce recovered by him - from his- first wife was and is valid in all respects in that ‘ •State. 2 Howell’s Gen. Stat-. Michigan, in force in 1882, p. 1622, §§.6228-6231. The proceedings having been in -accordance with the statutes of Michigan, and no attempt having been made to-open the'judgment or appeal therefjom, the Validity of -the. judgment in Michigan is not open to question. Haddock V. Haddock, 201 U.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Day
This case is brought here because of alleged violation in the judgment of the Supreme Court of New York of the full faith and. credit clause of the Federal Constitution. The judgment was entered in the Supreme Court of New York by an order of the Court- of Appeals of the same State. 190 N.Y. 458. '
■ The facts, in substance, are: Silas Olmsted, a resident of the State of New York, died in that State in 1874, devising by his will, duly probated, a one-half interest in certain real estate in New York to his son, Benjamin F. .Olmsted, with the remainder over to the lawful issue of said Benjamin.…
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