Thompson v. Thompson
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Hearing on an appeal by the defendant from a decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia in a suit for maintenance. The Court in the opinion stated the facts as follows: This is an appeal from a decree of the supreme court of the District of Columbia against the appellant, Charles N. Thompson, in a suit for maintenance brought against him by the appellee, Jessie E. Thompson, his wife.
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Hearing on an appeal by the defendant from a decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia in a suit for maintenance. The Court in the opinion stated the facts as follows: This is an appeal from a decree of the supreme court of the District of Columbia against the appellant, Charles N. Thompson, in a suit for maintenance brought against him by the appellee, Jessie E. Thompson, his wife. Eor convenience, the parties will be referred to in this opinion as husband and wife. The parties were married on the 7th day of December, 1905, in the District of Columbia, and lived together as…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Orsdkl
Counsel for the husband base their claim for a reversal of the decree below upon the following assignments of error:
“1. The court erred in overruling the plea setting up the Virginia decree as a bar to the action for maintenance.
“2. The court erred in holding that the wife is entitled to maintenance, notwithstanding th^ decree of the Virginia cofirt.
“3. The court erred in holding, upon the merits of the case as disclosed by the testimony, that the wife is entitled to maintenance.”
Lying at the very root of this controversy is the validity of the Virginia decree of divorce. It is insisted by…
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- Pennoyer v. NeffSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
- Haddock v. HaddockSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Atherton v. AthertonSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
- Kinnier v. . KinnierNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
- National Exchange Bank of Tiffin v. WileySupreme Court of the United States · 1904
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