Legal Opinion
McFarland v. McFarland
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided March 2, 1942No. Record No. 2486PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpratley, J.
The main question for our determination is the effect in Virginia of a decree of divorce granted to a husband in a suit commenced by him by order of publication in North Carolina, when the parties never cohabited in that State, and where a court of competent jurisdiction in Virginia, the matrimonial domicile and residence of the defendant, has previously decreed that the husband was not entitled to a divorce.
James M. McFarland and Alice Lenoir McFarland were married in Norfolk, Virginia, in 1919. There were five children of their marriage. The couple lived together in Norfolk until 1935, at…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Toler v. Oakwood Smokeless Coal Corp.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1939
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3Cited by28 opinions
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