Legal Opinion
State v. Najjar
New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division
Decided February 3, 1949PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction for bigamy entered in the Bergen County Court of Special Sessions.
Prior to August, 1946, the defendant Haim Najjar lived with his wife and three children in the State of New York. On August 6, 1946, he obtained a decree in Mexico, purporting to divorce him from his wife. He was never in Mexico but had arranged by mail for an appearance by an attorney in Mexico. His wife was never in Mexico nor did she authorize or enter any appearance. The decree contains no recital or adjudication on the subject of domicil; on the contrary, it simply states…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Williams v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Williams v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Sherrer v. SherrerSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Caldwell v. CaldwellNew York Court of Appeals · 1948
- Halsted v. StateSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1879
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Heuer v. HeuerSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1998
- Kazin v. KazinSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1979
- United States v. SnyderCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1949
- Judkins v. JudkinsNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1952
- Untermann v. UntermannNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1955
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