Marchman v. Marchman

Duckworth, Justice.

(After stating the foregoing facts.) The only attack made upon the judgment excepted to is that it offends the full faith and credit clause of the constitution of the United States (Code, § 1-401), in that it fails to recognize the validity of the decree of divorce granted to the defendant by the court of the State of Mississippi. Upon the answer to this question depends the decision in the present case.

The decisions of this court up to this time have uniformly held that the full faith and credit clause,of the constitution of the United States and the act of Congress…