Legal Opinion

Jordan v. Jordan

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided July 25, 1956PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

89 So.2d 22 (1956)

Ethel JORDAN, Appellant,

v.

Bill JORDAN, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida. Special Division B.

July 25, 1956.

Edward L. Lustgarten, Miami, for appellant.

Irving Cypen and Michael H. Salmon, Miami Beach, for appellee.

PRUNTY, Associate Justice.

This is an appeal from a final summary decree entered by the lower court in favor of the defendant-appellee in a divorce action instituted by appellant.

The alleged wife's complaint claims that the parties are husband and wife because of a common-law marriage, which it is alleged was consummated in July 1953. The wife charges her alleged…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Meister v. MooreSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  2. Leblanc v. YawnSupreme Court of Florida · 1930
  3. McClish v. RankinSupreme Court of Florida · 1943
  4. Gilbreath v. LewisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1942

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Chivers v. Couch Motor Lines, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1964
  2. Mixon v. MizeDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1967
  3. In Re Estate of AlcalaDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1966
  4. In Re Estate of TriggCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1966
  5. Marshall v. SararDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1960

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