Legal Opinion

Defoe v. Defoe

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided March 16, 1935No. 7778PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Woods, Judge:

This is an action in debt on a foreign judgment. Error is prosecuted from the action of the circuit court of Wayne county in sustaining a demurrer to the evidence submitted on behalf of plaintiff and in entering judgment for defendant.

It appears that the court of common pleas of Scioto county, Ohio, on November 4, 1927, while denying plaintiff a divorce from defendant, found that she was entitled to the care and custody of the children, and to alimony for the support of herself and children; and adjudged that she be permitted to live in the home then occupied by her; that…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Meister v. DayOhio Court of Appeals · 1925
  2. Mansfield v. HinckleIndiana Court of Appeals · 1923
  3. White v. WhiteSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1903

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Sheffield v. SheffieldSupreme Court of Virginia · 1966
  2. Richardson v. RichardsonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1954
  3. Griffin v. GriffinSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  4. Griffin v. GriffinSupreme Court of the United States · 1946

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