Goldman v. Walker

This is an appeal from the action of the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, Maryland invalidating a Nevada decree of divorce a vinculo matrimonii. The appellant, Howard E. Goldman, is administrator ad colligendum of the estate of Ernest P. Walker, having been substituted as the sole party defendant when the seventy-three year old Mr. Walker died of a heart attack on January 30, 1969 during the pendency of this present action.

In 1965, Mr. Walker, a renowned naturalist and author of many books and articles including Mammals of the World, entered into a twilight marriage with the…