Legal Opinion
Clay v. Clay
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided November 11, 1975No. 7075PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STOULIG, Judge.
Plaintiff, Mrs. Lynden Howell Clay, has appealed a judgment that maintained “exceptions of no cause of action and res judicata”1 and dismissed her divorce action against Louis H. Clay, Jr. In *240so doing, the trial court accorded full faith and credit2 to a Nevada judgment of divorce obtained by Louis Clay before plaintiff instituted this suit against him.
The issue raised by this appeal is whether Mrs. Clay may now collaterally attack the validity of the Nevada judgment after having appointed an attorney “or any substitute named by you as my attorney”3 to appear for her and…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Johnson v. MuelbergerSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Colby v. ColbyNevada Supreme Court · 1962
- Boudreaux v. WelchSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1966
- Lee v. CarrollLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1962
- Berry v. BerryLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1975
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Wilson v. WilsonDistrict Court, M.D. Louisiana · 1980
- Clay v. ClaySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1976
- Clay v. ClayLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1977