Legal Opinion

Dees v. McKenna

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided March 4, 1964No. 22Published

1Opinion of the Court

134 S.E.2d 644 (1964)

261 N.C. 373

Lester A. DEES

v.

Bette Anne Veazey McKENNA (Dees).

No. 22.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

March 4, 1964.

William S. Privott, Edenton, and John H. Hall, Elizabeth City, for plaintiff.

Pritchett & Cooke, Windsor, for defendant.

DENNY, Chief Justice.

The question for determination on this appeal is whether or not the court below committed error in ruling that the order entered in the Superior Court of Orange County, California, on 21 June 1963, awarding the custody of the children involved, is res judicata, and that the Superior Court of Chowan County, North Carolina,…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Williams v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  2. New York Ex Rel. Halvey v. HalveySupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  3. Sampsell v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1948
  4. Drake v. DrakeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1939
  5. Stewart v. StewartCalifornia Supreme Court · 1953

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