Jennings v. McDougle
West Virginia Supreme Court
Petition for prohibition by Charles P. Jennings against Hon. Walter McDougle, Judge, etc., and others.
1Opinion of the Court
Lynch, Judge:
The petitioner, husband of the respondent Beryl Jennings, plaintiff in a divorce suit brought against him in the circuit court of Wood County, prays in his petition for a writ of prohibition to prevent her from further prosecuting the suit in that county, and the Honorable Walter E. McDougle, judge of the circuit court in which the suit was brought, from the continued assumption of judicial authority to hear and determine issues arising therein, the ground for the writ being want of jurisdiction to entertain the cause.
After their marriage in Cincinnati September 5, 1912, *188petitione…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- State Ex Relator McNamara v. ClarkCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1915
- Weil v. BlackWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1915
- Swinburn v. SmithWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1879
- St. Lawrence Co. v. HoltWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1902
- City of Charleston v. LittlepageWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1913
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3Cited by46 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Carson v. WoodWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1970
- State ex rel. City of Huntington v. LombardoWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1965
- State ex rel. Cecil v. KnappWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1958
- Morris v. CalhounWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1938
- State ex rel. Hammond v. WorrellWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1958
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