Legal Opinion

Shima v. Shima

District Court, District of Columbia

Decided December 27, 1943No. 8393PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

EDGERTON, Associate Justice.

The appellee Sobretta Brown Shima sued her husband, the appellant Jesse S. Shima, for divorce. Before trial she sued out an injunction which' tied up his funds in the Union Trust Company. The District Court later dismissed her suit, both because it was groundless and because she had committed adultery. But the court taxed appellant with appellee’s counsel fees and costs. It also referred to the auditor the question of the amount of damages, if any, which ap*534pellant had sustained “by reason of the wrongful or inequitable suing out of said injunction.” Cross appeals…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. North Chicago Rolling Mill Co. v. St. Louis Ore & Steel Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1894
  2. Continental Casualty Co. v. KellyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1939
  3. Tiffany v. StewartSupreme Court of Iowa · 1882
  4. State ex rel. Hinde v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1909
  5. Tendler v. TendlerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1926

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Mahoney v. Smith (In Re Smith)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia · 1980
  2. Grasty v. GrastyDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1973
  3. Shima v. ShimaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1945

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