Legal Opinion

Mussey v. Mussey

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided December 16, 1948No. 7 Div. 943PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LIVINGSTON, Justice.

Suit by appellant husband to annul the marriage of the parties entered into in Las Vegas, Nevada, on February 2, 1946. Suit was filed in the Circuit Court, in Equity, of Shelby County, Alabama, where the parties had lived together as husband and wife for nearly fifteen months when the complaint was filed on April 15, 1947.

This action was grounded on the allegation that the wife had a living husband at the time she reputedly married appellant. In support of the allegation, appellant attempted to show the invalidity of a Reno divorce granted the wife from her first husband,…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Davis v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  2. Glaser v. GlaserNew York Court of Appeals · 1938
  3. Fairclough v. St. AmandSupreme Court of Alabama · 1927
  4. Standish v. StandishNew York Family Court · 1943
  5. Ex Parte JonesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1947

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Davis v. DavisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1951
  2. Aiello v. AielloSupreme Court of Alabama · 1961
  3. State v. PonthieuxSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1969
  4. Leatherbury v. LeatherburyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1964
  5. Mayer v. MayerCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1984

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