Smith v. Smith

Ed. P. McFaddin, Justice.

A constitutional question —relating to Act 348 of 1953 — is posed for our decision; but we are of the opinion that any decision on the constitutional question would be premature in the present state of the record in this case. We abstract the pleadings in due order:

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COMPLAINT

On July 10, 1953, Luther B. Smith filed a complaint in the Washington Chancery Court against Bernice G. Smith,1 which, omitting only caption and signature, reads:

“The plaintiff for his cause of action against defendant states:

“That he and the defendant were married at Hagerstown, Maryland, on the…