Morris v. Henry
Supreme Court of Virginia
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
This appeal presents for decision the question whether the provision in a divorce decree requiring the father to support and maintain the infant child of the marriage continued in effect after the death of the father. The question has not heretofore been decided by this court and the holdings in other jurisdictions are in conflict.
On April 14,1932, the Circuit Court of Clarke county granted to Willa Hough Morris, the complainant in that suit, an absolute divorce from her husband, F. Broaddus Morris, on the ground of his adultery. The decree ordered that the defendant pay to the complainant…
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