Legal Opinion
Stone v. Stone
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided May 24, 1943No. 8279PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MILLER, Associate Justice.
This case constitutes another, in the long list of examples, which demonstrate the need for uniform marriage and divorce laws. 1 The District of Columbia has no requirement for medical examination prior to marriage; Virginia’s law requires examination; provides that the examiner shall inform both parties if he finds that either has syphilis; but permits marriage, nevertheless. 2 Effla Tyler and Floyd K. Stone, a waiter, were married in Alexandria, Virginia, on May 23, 1941. No children were born of the marriage. In her complaint appellant alleged that she entered…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Williams v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Haddock v. HaddockSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Graves v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. MartinSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- New York Life Insurance v. GamerSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
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3Cited by36 opinions
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- Myers v. GaitherDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1967
- Fattibene v. FattibeneSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1981
- Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation v. National Labor Relations BoardCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1976
- Belcon Inc. v. District of Columbia Water & Sewer AuthorityDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2003
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