Legal Opinion

West v. Griffin

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided May 29, 1944No. 4-7368PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.

Harold Warren Griffin and Callie Jones were married August 27,1938. He is now 27 years of age, and she is 23. They lived together as husband and wife, in Little Rock, until May, 1941, when they separated. They had at that time a boy child, named Harold Douglas' Griffin, 18 months of age. The husband filed suit for divorce on the ground of desertion, and prayed that the custody of the child be awarded him. He was granted a divorce November 10,1942, and the decree awarded the custody of this child to him. The decree-contained the recital, “That the defendant (the mother) is an unfit person to…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Verser v. FordSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1881
  2. Baker v. DurhamSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1910
  3. Myers v. MyersSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1944
  4. French v. GravesSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1943
  5. Gibson v. GibsonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1922

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. McDonald v. WrigleySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1994
  2. Roberts v. RobertsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1950
  3. Thompson v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1948
  4. Thompson v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1946
  5. Bornhoff v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1963

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