Legal Opinion
Billingsley v. Billingsley
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided January 22, 1970No. 6 Div. 625PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARWOOD, Justice.
On 9 July 1966, Ann L. Billingsley, a bona fide resident of Winston County, Alabama, filed a bill for divorce against Robert Billingsley, a resident of Broward County, Florida. The divorce was sought on the grounds of abandonment.
The bill further averred that the complainant and respondent had purchased some 75 acres of land in Winston County as tenants in common on which they had built a house and which was occupied as their home at the time the respondent abandoned the complainant.
The complainant prayed for a decree of divorce, and further that the title to the 75 acres…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Williams v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Estin v. EstinSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- McElmoyle Ex Rel. Bailey v. CohenSupreme Court of the United States · 1839
- Mills v. DuryeeSupreme Court of the United States · 1813
- Esenwein v. Commonwealth Ex Rel. EsenweinSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Jernigan v. JerniganCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1977
- Carter v. State Ex Rel. Bullock CountySupreme Court of Alabama · 1981
- Ex Parte BuckSupreme Court of Alabama · 1973
- Ross v. PowellCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1978
- Martin v. AdamsMissouri Court of Appeals · 1986
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