Legal Opinion

Ward v. Ward

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided October 16, 1934No. 7941PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Litz, Judge:

This is a suit for a limited divorce (on the ground of cruelty) and the custody of an infant child, the offspring .of the marriage, born December 2, 1931. Defendant, B.ayard G. Ward, in answer to the bill of plaintiff, Inez Ward, pleaded an absolute divorce granted to him by a Nevada court. She thereupon filed an amended bill, charging invalidity of the Nevada divorce and praying its cancellation on the ground that it- had been procured by fraud, affecting the jurisdiction of the foreign court, in that the defendant was never a domiciled' resident or citizen of the state of Nevada.

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Haddock v. HaddockSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
  2. Andrews v. AndrewsSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
  3. Bell v. BellSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
  4. White v. TennantWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1888
  5. Presson v. PressonNevada Supreme Court · 1915

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. White v. ManchinWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1984
  2. Bennett v. BennettWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1952
  3. Miller v. MillerMississippi Supreme Court · 1935
  4. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Cronhardt v. CronhardtSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1937
  5. State Ex Rel. Linger v. County Court of Upshur CountyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1965

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