Legal Opinion

Rie v. Rie

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided May 15, 1879PublishedCited by 31 opinions

APPEAL from Mississippi Circuit Court in Chancery. Hon. L. L. Mack, Circuit Judge.

1Opinion of the CourtEnslish, C. J.

This was a bill for divorce commenced in the circuit court of Mississippi county, on the twenty-second of September, 1877, by W. C. Rie against Polly Ann Rie.

Upon the bill, answer and depositions, the court below refused a divorce and dismissed the bill.

The causes of divorce, and the primary facts constituting them, are not separately and distinctly stated in the bill, as they should have been to make an orderly pleading, convenient to be answered.

Taking all of the allegations of the bill together, however, we presume appellant intended to rely upon three of the statutory causes of divorce:

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2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Jordan v. JordanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1850

3Cited by31 opinions

  1. Fleegle v. FleegleCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1920
  2. Burk v. BurkWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1883
  3. Welch v. WelchSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1973
  4. Calhoun v. CalhounCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 1981
  5. Sisk v. SiskSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1911

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