Legal Opinion

Lake v. Lake

Nevada Supreme Court

Decided October 15, 1882No. 1128PublishedCited by 44 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of the Second Judicial District, Washoe County. The facts are stated in the opinion. I. The appeal in this case was properly taken. The statute contemplates an appeal from the judgment or some specific part thereof. (1 Comp. L. 1392.) II. The right to sustain the wife, pending' the litigation, ÍS' not dependent upon a statute. (2 Bish.

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Appeal from the District Court of the Second Judicial District, Washoe County. The facts are stated in the opinion. I. The appeal in this case was properly taken. The statute contemplates an appeal from the judgment or some specific part thereof. (1 Comp. L. 1392.) II. The right to sustain the wife, pending' the litigation, ÍS' not dependent upon a statute. (2 Bish. M. & D. secs. 392,. 386, 413; McGee v. McGee, 10 Ga. 481, et seq.; Wood v. Wood,. 2 Paige Ch. 308.) Under similar constitutional and statutory provisions the courts of Michigan and Wisconsin have exercised jurisdiction. (1 Comp.…

1Opinion of the Court

By the Court,

Leonard, C. J.:

Appellant brought this suit for divorce, for division of alleged common property, and other relief. The court granted the divorce prayed for by appellant, together with alimony for her support and maintenance, in the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars per month, but held and decreed the property in question to be the separate property of respondent.

Being dissatisfied with that part of the decree disposing of the property, appellant moved the court for “a new trial of the issues made by the complaint and answer in said action respecting the property and property…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Marbury v. MadisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1803
  2. Osborn v. Bank of United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1824
  3. Jackson Ex Dem. Astor v. CraneSupreme Court of the United States · 1831
  4. Sands v. CodwiseCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1808
  5. Bennett v. . Van SyckelNew York Court of Appeals · 1859

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3Cited by44 opinions

  1. Galloway v. TruesdellNevada Supreme Court · 1967
  2. Lake v. BenderNevada Supreme Court · 1884
  3. Shors v. ShorsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1906
  4. Prine v. PrineSupreme Court of Florida · 1895
  5. State Ex Rel. Groves v. First Judicial District Court Ex Rel. County of OrmsbyNevada Supreme Court · 1942

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