Legal Opinion

Pierce v. Pierce

Washington Supreme Court

Decided June 3, 1910No. 8753PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Prater, J., entered February 8, 1910, dismissing, at the close of plaintiff’s case, an action for separate maintenance, after a hearing before the court.

1Opinion of the CourtChadwick, J.

Dora L. Pierce and Charles Reuben Pierce were married at Victoria on March 15, 1907, and lived together as husband and wife until April, 1909, when Mrs. Pierce was abandoned by defendant. One child has been born to them. This action was begun by plaintiff to compel maintenance on the part of the defendant. The court below held the marriage to be void, and from a judgment of dismissal, this appeal is waged. The trial court found that, inasmuch as the appellant had been divorced from a former husband in the superior court of King county and had remarried within six months after the entry of the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. State v. FennWashington Supreme Court · 1907
  2. Smith v. FifeWashington Supreme Court · 1892
  3. Willey v. WilleyWashington Supreme Court · 1900
  4. Johnson v. JohnsonWashington Supreme Court · 1910

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Fisch v. MarlerWashington Supreme Court · 1939
  2. Huard v. McTeighOregon Supreme Court · 1925
  3. Knoll v. KnollWashington Supreme Court · 1918
  4. Masterson v. OgdenWashington Supreme Court · 1914
  5. Peerless Pacific Co. v. BurckhardWashington Supreme Court · 1916

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