Legal Opinion
Baggett v. Baggett
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided August 30, 1976PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BROCK, Justice.
This is a proceeding to set aside a divorce decree for lack of jurisdiction. The primary question presented is whether or not the respondent, defendant in the divorce action, was denied due process of law in the divorce ease by the failure of the court and her husband to forward to her at her last known address, she being a non-resident of the State of Tennessee at the time, a notice of the filing of the divorce petition, in addition to the customary service of process by publication in a local Tennessee newspaper.
The trial court denied relief, holding that in a divorce…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Armstrong v. ManzoSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Schroeder v. City of New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Walker v. City of HutchinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
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- Golson v. GolsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1977
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