Legal Opinion

Griffin v. Griffin

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided January 15, 1945No. Record No. 2849PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtGregory, J.

On January 4, 1940, the appellant, Edith Virginia Livesay Griffin, filed her bill of complaint against Randolph William Griffin, asking that she be granted a divorce a mensa et thoro from him upon the ground of extreme cruelty amounting to ■constructive desertion.

The defendant' filed a demurrer, to the bill, in which he stated as grounds, that the bill of complaint did not state a cause of action, and that the allegations were indefinite, uncertain, obscure, ambiguous, and argumentative. The demurrer was sustained with leave to the complainant to file an amended bill within sixty days. A…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Gimbert v. Norfolk Southern RailroadSupreme Court of Virginia · 1929
  2. Miller v. MillerSupreme Court of Virginia · 1895
  3. People ex rel. Chilcoat v. HarrisonIllinois Supreme Court · 1912
  4. Brunner v. CookSupreme Court of Virginia · 1922
  5. Washington, O. & W. R. R. v. CazenoveSupreme Court of Virginia · 1887

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3Cited by35 opinions

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