Knighton v. Knighton

George Rose Smith, Justice.

The parties to this suit, formerly husband and wife, are residents of Louisiana, where their divorce was granted. The basic question in the case is whether the wife can, after the termination of the Louisiana divorce proceeding, obtain in a separate suit in Arkansas a statutory interest in land owned by the husband in this state. Ark. Stat. Ann. § 34-1214 (Repl. 1962). The chancellor correctly held that the Louisiana divorce decree is a bar to such a suit in Arkansas.

Only a few facts are really pertinent. The couple were married in 1945. In July of 1973 the husband…