Legal Opinion

Davis v. Davis

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided March 1, 1951No. 4 Div. 636Published

1Opinion

On Rehearing.

SIMPSON, justice.

■On. a recanvass of the authorities in the light of the brief and argument of counsel applying .for rehearing, we are still convinced of the soundness of our original conclusions. .Deferring, however, to counsel’s earnestness, we will extend the opinion to comment that Taylor v. Taylor, 219 Ala. 419, 31 So.2d 579, is no authority to contradict the holding that if the marriage between the parties be declared void (by invalidating the Georgia divorce decree) because appellant had a living, undivorced spouse, the issue of the marriage would be rendered illegitimate.…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Johnson v. MuelbergerSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
  2. Lewis v. CrowellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1923
  3. Potier & McCoy v. BarclaySupreme Court of Alabama · 1849
  4. O'Rear v. O'RearSupreme Court of Alabama · 1929
  5. Taylor v. TaylorSupreme Court of Alabama · 1947

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