Brisbane v. Dobson
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. J. H. Slover, Judge. (1) In the jurisdiction in -which the decree was granted, the court which granted it is the proper court to enforce it. In the other courts of the state of New York an action of debt could not he brought on the decree for alimony.
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Appeal from the Jackson Circuit Court. — Hon. J. H. Slover, Judge. (1) In the jurisdiction in -which the decree was granted, the court which granted it is the proper court to enforce it. In the other courts of the state of New York an action of debt could not he brought on the decree for alimony. The constitution of the United States does not require that any greater faith or credit should be given in one state to a decree of a sister state than it has in the state of its rendition. 1 Bishop on Marriage, Divorce & Separation, sec. 917; 2 Bishop on Marriage, Divorce & Separation, secs.…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, P. J.
— This was an action on a foreign decree for alimony in arrears therein. The petition stated that in the month of May, 1883, in the supreme court of .the state of New York, within and for the county of Kings, plaintiff filed her bill of complaint against the said Albert Brisbane, alleging her marriage with said Albert Brisbane in the said state of New York, in the year 1847, and charging said Albert Brisbane with adultery after said marriage, and while the same *173had not been annulled, and praying said court to dissolve said marriage and grant plaintiff a divorce from the bonds thereof, and for…
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