Legal Opinion

Bridges v. Bridges

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided December 16, 1968No. 45054PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

217 So.2d 281 (1968)

Mrs. Edith Meaders BRIDGES

v.

William Parham BRIDGES, Jr.

No. 45054.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

December 16, 1968.

Rehearing Denied January 15, 1969.

O.B. Triplett, Jr., Forest, Bernard W.N. Chill, Jackson, for appellant.

John R. Countiss, III, W.E. Gore, Jr., Jackson, for appellee.

GILLESPIE, Presiding Justice:

The question in this case is a novel one in this jurisdiction. It is: Where a wife who is drawing alimony from her divorced husband enters into a second marriage which is voidable because of fraud, and the second marriage is annulled, may she draw alimony from the first…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Sleicher v. SleicherNew York Court of Appeals · 1929
  2. Gaines v. JacobsenNew York Court of Appeals · 1954
  3. Stillman v. StillmanIllinois Supreme Court · 1881
  4. Robbins v. RobbinsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1961
  5. Bowman v. WorthingtonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1867

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Flaxman v. FlaxmanSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1971
  2. Wray v. WrayMississippi Supreme Court · 1981
  3. Weathersby v. WeathersbyMississippi Supreme Court · 1997
  4. Maxcy v. Estate of MaxcyMississippi Supreme Court · 1986
  5. Hodges v. HodgesCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1978

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