Sweeney v. Sweeney
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Ormsby County; Frank P. Langan, Judge. Proceedings by Mabel Viola Sweeney against George A. Bartlett and others, as executors of the last will and testament of James G. Sweeney, deceased, substituted as defendants for deceased. From order and judgment for petitioner, defendants appeal.
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Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Ormsby County; Frank P. Langan, Judge. Proceedings by Mabel Viola Sweeney against George A. Bartlett and others, as executors of the last will and testament of James G. Sweeney, deceased, substituted as defendants for deceased. From order and judgment for petitioner, defendants appeal. The court had no j urisdiction to entertain the motion. made herein, nor to take any steps thereunder, because the divorce decree was and is final, and not subject to appeal, motion for new trial, or modification. Kapp v. District Court, 32 Nev. 264. “We think the…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Sanders, J.:
This proceeding was begun on the 13th day of October, 1917, by petition and motion of Mabel Viola Sweeney, entitled in the divorce action of Mabel Viola Sweeney, plaintiff, against James G. Sweeney, defendant, to have the judgment for absolute divorce rendered therein on the 30th day of December, 1914, modified, altered, and amended so as to make the alimony awarded the plaintiff and for the support of the minor child of the marriage a lien upon the estate of the defendant, who died on the 7th day of July, 1917, superior to creditors and the devisees under the last…
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