Legal Opinion
Ex parte Bennett
California Supreme Court
Decided July 1, 1872No. 3,412PublishedCited by 24 opinions
The petitioner was brought before Chief Justice Wallace and Justices Niles and Belcher, upon an application to be discharged from custody. The other facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Wallace, C. J.:
In 1866 Susan Bennett filed her complaint in the District Court of Sonoma County, praying a divorce from her husband, Sanford J. Bennett, who subsequently in July of that year appeared in the action and filed his answer praying that the complaint be-dismissed.
The cause being at issue at the February Term of the Court for the year 1867, the following order in the cause was then made by the Court in open Court and entered on the minutes:
“Upon motion and consent of counsel of the respective parties in open Court, it is ordered that upon the filing of the proofs and…
2Cited by24 opinions
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- Gray v. HallCalifornia Supreme Court · 1928
- Fewel v. FewelCalifornia Supreme Court · 1943
- Gomez v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 2012
- Dahlgren v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1908
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