Legal Opinion

Worthley v. Worthley

California Supreme Court

Decided April 28, 1955No. L. A. 22889PublishedCited by 91 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*467TRAYNOR, J.

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment barring further prosecution of this action. The judgment was entered after a'trial of defendant’s special defense (Code Civ. Proe., § 597) to plaintiff’s complaint for prospective and retroactive enforcement of defendant’s obligations under a separate maintenance decree entered in the New Jersey Court of Chancery on May 19, 1947. Plaintiff and defendant were married in New Jersey in March 1943, and separated in November 1946. In the action for separate maintenance defendant appeared personally and by counsel, and the decree ordered him to pay $9.00…

2Cases cited62 opinions

  1. Williams v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  2. Williams v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  3. Webster v. FallSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
  4. Estin v. EstinSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
  5. Barber v. Barber Ex Rel. CronkhiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1859

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3Cited by91 opinions

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  5. Salmeri v. SalmeriWyoming Supreme Court · 1976

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