Legal Opinion
Preston v. Reed
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided November 8, 1945PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtManser, J.
The plaintiff brought writ of error in the Kennebec Superior Court to reverse or correct a decree of divorce granted in that Court to Hollis Reed from Abigail Reed in April 1942. The errors assigned were that the wife, Abigail, has been continuously insane since long before the divorce proceedings were instituted; that she had no guardian at the time and no guardian ad litem was appointed for her; that she was not represented at the hearing and that the decree was obtained by a fraud upon the Court.
A motion to dismiss was filed upon the ground that a writ of error is not the proper proceeding…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- School Committee of the City of Lowell v. Mayor of LowellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1928
- Leathers v. StewartSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1911
- Commonwealth v. RollinsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1922
- Nissenbaum v. StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1938
- Simpson v. SimpsonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1920
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Dow v. StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1971
- Dwyer v. StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1956
- Raymond v. RaymondSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1984
- Allan L. Robbins, Warden, Maine State Prison v. George F. GreenCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1954
- Hernández Torres ex rel. Zapater Hernández v. Zapater MartínezSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1961
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