Legal Opinion

Farr v. Farr

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided February 9, 1921PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Appeal from Polk District Court. — George A. Wilson, Judge. Plaintiff brought this suit in equity for a divorce, charging his wife with cruel and inhuman treatment.

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Appeal from Polk District Court. — George A. Wilson, Judge. Plaintiff brought this suit in equity for a divorce, charging his wife with cruel and inhuman treatment. After the cause had been pending a year, he amended his petition by adding thereto a second count, asking that the marriage between the parties be annulled, on the ground that, at the time of such marriage, the defendant was already married to one Johnson, who was still living, and from whom she had never been divorced. The defendant, answering, admitted her marriage to plaintiff and her former marriage to Johnson, but alleged she…

1Opinion of the CourtWeaver, J.

i judgment • essentials': aequiescing m void decree. — The record presented by the abstract is very brief and fragmentary. Defendant pleaded and produced a certified decree of divorce from Johnson, rendered by the circuit court of Fulton, Illinois, at the May term thereof the year 1900. It purports to have been ren- ** x x . dered on service of summons by publication, and recites the failure of the defendant therein to appear or defend, the appearance by plaintiff in person and by counsel, the hearing by the court, the due publication of the summons, the willful desertion and abandonment of…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Hunter v. HunterCalifornia Supreme Court · 1896
  2. Earle v. EarleIndiana Supreme Court · 1883
  3. Boulden v. McIntireIndiana Supreme Court · 1889
  4. Blanchard v. LambertSupreme Court of Iowa · 1876
  5. Wilcox v. WilcoxCalifornia Supreme Court · 1916

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Shammas v. ShammasSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1952
  2. Allen v. LindemanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1967
  3. In Re Marriage of WinegardSupreme Court of Iowa · 1979
  4. Swift v. SwiftSupreme Court of Iowa · 1947
  5. Davis v. DavisSupreme Court of Alabama · 1951

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