Legal Opinion

Stephenson v. Stephenson

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided March 24, 1927No. 8 Div. 902PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtThomas, J.

The decree grants the wife a small sum for alimony. The court takes judicial knowledge of its records in the ease. N. C. & St. L. R. Co. v. Crosby, 194 Ala. 338, 70 So. 7; Stephenson v. Stephenson, 213 Ala. 382, 105 So. 183; Stephenson v. Stephenson, 213 Ala. 545, 105 So. 867.

The whole record has been carefully' examined, and it sustains the decree of the trial court.

The law of such a case has been often declared. To support a decree in favor of the husband on the ground of voluntary abandonment of the wife, under our statutes, the several evidentiary facts must coexist. The abandonment must…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway v. CrosbySupreme Court of Alabama · 1915
  2. Stephenson v. StephensonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1925
  3. Dabbs v. DabbsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1916
  4. Stone v. StoneSupreme Court of Alabama · 1921
  5. Jones v. JonesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1848

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Higgins v. HigginsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1930
  2. Duggan v. DugganSupreme Court of Alabama · 1933
  3. Marsh v. MarshSupreme Court of Alabama · 1947

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