Legal Opinion

Holcomb v. Holcomb

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided May 7, 1940No. 9045PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Maxwell, Judge:

By her bill herein the plaintiff seeks to enforce against the defendant’s real estate the lien of a decree for alimony entered in her favor against him in 1929. The trial chan-celor sustained the defendant’s demurrer to the bill and dismissed the cause as an original suit, but directed that the bill be filed and treated as a petition in the divorce case of Floyd Holcomb vs. Belle Holcomb, wherein the alimony decree mentioned had been entered on the cross-bill of the defendant in that suit. This appeal was awarded the plaintiff in the instant suit.

The adjudication of alimony was…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Wetmore v. . WetmoreNew York Court of Appeals · 1896
  2. Goff v. GoffWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1906
  3. Schooley v. SchooleySupreme Court of Iowa · 1918
  4. Smith v. SmithWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1918
  5. Bassett v. WatersSupreme Court of Kansas · 1918

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Goff v. GoffWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1987
  2. Rakes v. FergusonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1963
  3. Zirkle v. ZirkleWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1983
  4. Korczyk v. SolonkaWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1947
  5. Robinson v. RobinsonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1948

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