Legal Opinion
Schoenbrod v. Siegler
New York Court of Appeals
Decided September 28, 1967PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Chief Judge Fuld.
The sole issue in this case is whether a party to a Mexican divorce may proceed in our courts to litigate the validity of the marriage which the divorce purportedly terminated. The claim has been made that the, judgment, of divorce is res judicata on. that issue. .
*406According to the complaint, the parties are New York residents who in 1963 participated in a marriage ceremony conducted by the ‘ ‘ then Registrar of the Supreme Court of the Windward and Leeward Islands ” in St. George’s on the island of Grenada, British West Indies. In July, 1965, they entered into a separation…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Rosenbaum v. RosenbaumNew York Court of Appeals · 1955
- Gould v. . GouldNew York Court of Appeals · 1923
- Aetna Life Ins. Co. v. TremblaySupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Shea v. SheaNew York Court of Appeals · 1945
- Frost v. FrostAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1940
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Greschler v. GreschlerNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
- Panama Processes, S.A. v. Cities Service Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1990
- Weiss v. La SuisseDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2001
- Weiss v. La Suisse, Societe D'AssurancesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2003
- CIBC Mellon Trust Co. v. Mora Hotel Corp. N.V.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
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