Legal Opinion
Price v. Price
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided September 22, 1947No. 36443PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGriffith, P. J.
Complainant, appellant here, a resident of Tishomingo County, filed her bill for divorce in Prentiss County against her husband, a non-resident of the State. Because the bill was not filed in the county of the residence of the complainant, as mandatorily required by Sec. 2738, Code of 1942, the Chancellor dismissed the bill, and the complainant has appealed.
In Amis on Divorce in Mississippi, Sec. 240, it is stated “that the statute prescribing where the suit “must be instituted is not a mere statute of venue that may be waived but one of jurisdiction of the subject matter of the suit; . . .”…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- United States Ex Rel. Texas Portland Cement Co. v. McCordSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Haygood v. HaygoodSupreme Court of Georgia · 1940
- Dunn Const. Co. v. CraigMississippi Supreme Court · 1941
- Louisville N.R. Co. v. DixonMississippi Supreme Court · 1933
- Hetherington v. HetheringtonIndiana Supreme Court · 1928
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3Cited by29 opinions
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- EUCLID-MISS., a DIV. OF TRIPPEER ORGANIZATIONS v. Western Cas. & Sur. Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1964
- McCaffrey's Food Mkt., Inc. v. Mississippi Milk Com'nMississippi Supreme Court · 1969
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