Porter v. Hawkins
Louisiana Court of Appeal
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
- Williams v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Navarrette v. LaughlinSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1946
- Price v. PriceMississippi Supreme Court · 1947
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