Thompson v. Thompson
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. The facts, which involve the degree of "faith and credit to be given by the courts of the District of Columbia to a. judgment of divorce obtained in Virginia on service of the summons by publication, are stated in the opinion. This court has jurisdiction. Section 980 of the Code is declaratory of the inherent powers of a court of equity, and alimony and maintenance mean the same thing." Lesh v. Lesh, 21 App.
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. The facts, which involve the degree of "faith and credit to be given by the courts of the District of Columbia to a. judgment of divorce obtained in Virginia on service of the summons by publication, are stated in the opinion. This court has jurisdiction. Section 980 of the Code is declaratory of the inherent powers of a court of equity, and alimony and maintenance mean the same thing." Lesh v. Lesh, 21 App. D. C. 475, 488. Prior to the e'"ect of the Code the amount of alimony, even when in arrears, might, for cause shown, be…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Pitney
This is an appeal from a decree of the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia, reversing a decree of the Supreme Court of the District in favor of the wife in a suit for maintenance, brought under § 980 of the District Code, act of March 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1346, c. 854. The bill of complaint was filed July 29, 1907, and charged the husband with failing and refusing to maintain the complainant and with cruel treatment of such character as to compel her to leave him. Upon the filing of the bill a subpoena to answer was issued and returned “not found,” whereupon alias ánd pluries writs were…
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