Legal Opinion
Brewster v. Brewster
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided June 4, 1954No. [No. 140, October Term, 1953.]PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hammond, J.,
delivered thé opinion of the Court.
To be decided here is the effect of an Arkansas divorce, granted a husband who had gone there from Maryland, upon the right of a Maryland court to enforce its prior decree granting alimony to the wife in her suit for a partial divorce.
The appellant is a lawyer who practices in the District of Columbia. He and his wife, the appellee, maintained a country place in Frederick County where they were registered voters. In April, 1950 he filed suit in the Circuit Court for Frederick County for a divorce on the ground of voluntary separation for the…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- Rice v. RiceSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Glenn v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1883
- Slansky v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1949
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3Cited by28 opinions
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