Legal Opinion

Crews v. Crews

Court of Appeals of Tennessee

Decided September 18, 1987PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

TODD, Presiding Judge.

In this divorce case, the defendant, Donald Evans Crews has appealed, presenting five issues for review, of which the first is as follows:

Should a divorce be granted in the absence of corroborating testimony, where it is practical to obtain such corroborating testimony?

In Fulford v. Fulford, 156 Tenn. 640, 4 S.W.2d 350 (1927), the Supreme Court said:(1) She testified to facts tending to show abandonment and refusal or neglect to provide as charged. Her testimony as to *183abandonment was not, however, corroborated by any evidence, circumstantial or direct, on the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Edwards v. EdwardsCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1973
  2. Greene v. GreeneCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1957
  3. Fulford v. FulfordTennessee Supreme Court · 1928
  4. Dukes v. DukesCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1975

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Wilder v. WilderCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1992
  2. Jimmy Joe Savage v. Don HildenbrandtCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2001

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