Legal Opinion
Gardner v. Gardner
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided October 6, 1959No. 10900PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Calhoun, Judge:
In this suit in chancery instituted in the Circuit Court of Greenbrier County, Elmer Miller Gardner prays for an annulment of his marriage to Minnie Lilly Gardner on March 20, 1954, on the ground that a divorce he obtained previously in Tennessee from Grace Showalter Gardner, his wife by a former marriage, is void.
By a final decree entered on August 15, 1956, the circuit court annulled the second marriage. This necessarily implied an adjudication that the Tennessee divorce was void. From the final decree, Minnie Lilly Gardner prosecutes this appeal. The parties will be referred…
2Cases cited39 opinions
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- Taylor v. TaylorWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1945
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3Cited by22 opinions
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- Kazin v. KazinSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1979
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