Legal Opinion

Porter v. Hawkins

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided November 2, 1970No. 4070PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TAYLOR, Judge. SAMUEL, TAYLOR and LeSUEUR, JJ.

Plaintiff, Mrs. L. Nell Harris Porter, instituted this suit for declaratory judgment against Theresa Armato Hawkins praying that the “decree of divorce, docket number 18-520, purporting to dissolve the marriage of plaintiff to Willard Warded Hawkins, rendered on or about November 10, 1964, by the Chancery Court of Madison County, Mississippi, [be declared] void ab initio, absolutely null, and not entitled to comity or full faith and credit in the State of Louisiana.” The trial court sustained an exception of no right or cause of action filed by…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Williams v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  2. Navarrette v. LaughlinSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1946
  3. Price v. PriceMississippi Supreme Court · 1947

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Town of Brusly v. WEST BATON ROUGE PAR. POLICE JURYLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1973
  2. Roberts v. RobertsCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2003

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