Legal Opinion
White v. White
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided June 11, 1945No. 8699PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MILLER, Associate Justice.
Appellee sued appellant for maintenance. Appellant answered, setting up as a bar, a decree of divorce entered in the State of Florida. On the trial, the District Court determined the issues of fact in favor of appellee and concluded: “That the decree of the Circuit Court of the 11th Judicial Circuit, in and for Dade County, Florida, awarding a divorce to the defendant from the plaintiff, was and is invalid in the state of Florida for the reason that the said defendant went to the state of Florida solely for the purpose of obtaining a divorce, and with no bona fide…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Williams v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Esenwein v. Commonwealth Ex Rel. EsenweinSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Melvin v. MelvinCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1942
- Curley v. CurleyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1941
- Holtsclaw v. MercerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1944
3Cited by9 opinions
- Langan v. LanganCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1945
- Huntington v. HuntingtonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1953
- Bernice M. Gordon v. Gladys Lloyd MatthewsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1959
- Hobbs v. HobbsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1952
- In re Estate of Dee HansonDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1962
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