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Torts - Libel - Photographs - Right Of Privacy

Michigan Law Review

Defendant in its newspaper published a photograph of plaintiff and her husband's chauffeur standing in front of an airplane at an airport. The picture was captioned "Principals in Local Divorce Scandal," and the accompanying news story stated that plaintiff had sued her husband for divorce, the husband had filed a cross bill, and he had sued the chauffeur for alienation of affections. Plaintiff's declaration alleged that the picture had been cut from a larger one in which her husband had appeared, that the airplane was her husband's, and that the picture was believed to have been taken under a contract …

Conflict Of Laws-Foreign Marriage-Dower

Michigan Law Review

Plaintiff was divorced a vinculo matrimonii in the District of Columbia on the grounds of her adultery with defendant who was made co-respondent in the suit. A statute of the district provided that the innocent party only may remarry. Plaintiff married defendant in Florida and later secured a divorce a mensa et thoro from defendant in Virginia. On the death of defendant in the District of Columbia, plaintiff claimed a dower interest in his estate. Held, plaintiff cannot recover. Loughran v. Loughran, (App. D. C. 1933) 66 F. (2d) 567.

The Action For Alienation Of Affections, Robert C. Brown

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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Domestic Relations--Constructive Desertion--Husband's Duty To Provide A Separate Home For His Wife, Morris F. Funt

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.

Divorcio, Mario Díaz Cruz

Index of Cuban Law and Jurisprudence / Indice a la Legislación y Jurisprudencia Cubana

No abstract provided.

Divorce--Power Of The Court Of Appeals To Reverse Judgment Of Divorce, Bert Howard

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Book Review. Vernier, C. G., American Family Law, Vol. 1, Ralph F. Fuchs

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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Tenancies By The Entireties-Maintenance And Support

Indiana Law Journal

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Evidence - Privileged Communication

Michigan Law Review

In a suit for divorce on the ground of adultery, a Luthern clergyman refused to testify concerning a disclosure made to him in his religious capacity by the defendant husband, on the ground that it was a privileged communication under the Minnesota statute. The district court adjudged him in contempt of court. Upon certiorari to the supreme court of Minnesota, held, the communication was privileged, and the order was reversed. In re Swenson (Minn. 1931) 237 N.W. 589.

Marriag£-Insanity As Ground For Annulment

Michigan Law Review

Complainants sought to annul the marriage of their deceased brother on the ground that defendant, his widow, knowing him to be insane at the time, fraudulently procured the marriage. A statute provided for divorce on the ground, among others, of insanity at the time of marriage. On demurrer, held that the marriage was, under the statute, voidable only, could only be attacked directly in the life-time of the parties, and hence was not subject to collateral attack by the relatives after the death of the incompetent spouse. White v. Williams (Miss. 1931) 132 So. 573.

Divorce-Jurisdiction-Statutory Requirements

Indiana Law Journal

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Conflict Of Laws-Renvoi Doctrine

Michigan Law Review

H, an Englishman, married W in England. On separation H acquired a domicil in Germany. A child was thereafter born to Y, a woman with whom H was living in Germany. H subsequently divorced W in Germany and married Y. Whether the child was legitimate determined whether H had validly exercised a power of appointment in an English settlement. Held, legitimacy is to be determined by the law of the domicil, including its rules of private international law. Germany, referring the matter to English law, found a remittance which Germany accepted and applied German municipal law. The child, by …

Crimes-Mistake Of Facts Of A Defense

Michigan Law Review

The defendant was convicted of bigamy under the usual statute (in this case, Fla. Comp, L., 1927, secs. 7559-7660) punishing as bigamous any person remarrying while the former spouse was still living, unless that spouse had been absent three years, the party remarrying not knowing the other to be alive during that time, or unless a legal divorce had been granted. The defense was, that as the defendant's first wife had told him and others that she had secured a divorce and had remarried, and had introduced to him her second husband, he honestly believed her. It was held, …

Compilation Of Smith's Index To Littell's Laws Of Kentucky Which Relate To Barren County And Selected Areas, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Research Collections

Abstracted information from A COMPLETE INDEX TO THE NAMES OF PERSONS, PLACES AND SUBJECTS MENTIONED IN LITTELL'S LAWS OF KENTUCKY A GENEALOGICAL AND HISTORICAL GUIDE PREPARED BY W. T. SMITH that includes personal acts approved by the state of Kentucky with information from the following sessions relating to Barren, Monroe, Cumberland, Allen and Warren Counties: 1792 June Session 1 59-114 1792 November Session 1 115-172 1793 November Session 1 173-221 1794 November Session 1 222-274 1795 November Session 1 275-360 1796 November Session 1 361-604 1797 February Session 1 605-696 1797 November Session 1 697-698 1798 January Session 2 1-183 …

Crimes - Venue- Non-Support, Abandonment, And Desertion

Michigan Law Review

Defendant was divorced by his wife in A county in 1926. In 1929, defendant was indicted for non-support of his children, in B county, where his former wife and the children had maintained their home since the divorce. An objection to the venue was raised by the defense, on the ground that, if a crime was committed, it was consummated in A county, where defendant had been living during the time he was charged with non-support. Held, that "the venue of non-support is where that support should be rendered." State v. Anderson (Or. 1930) 290 Pac. 1904

The Validity Of Void Divorces, Fowler Vincent Harper

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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Book Review. Richmond, M. E. And F. S. Hall, Marriage And The State And May, G., Marriage Laws And Decisions In The United States, Ralph F. Fuchs

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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Recent Important Decisions

Michigan Law Review

A collection of recent important court decisions.

Incompatibility Of Parties As Ground For Divorce, E. B. Herald

Washington Law Review

This brief note is concerned with two recent decisions in the State of Washington touching the law of divorce, Shaw v. Shaw, decided August 22, 1928, by Department One, and Haller v. Haller, decided October 8, 1928, by Department Two. The facts of both cases turn upon incompatibility or the inability of the parties to live together. In the Shaw case the court holds that since the enactment of the Session Laws of 1921, p. 331, this is no longer ground for divorce in this state. In the Haller case the other department of the court apparently holds that it …

Book Reviews

Michigan Law Review

A collection of book reviews by multiple authors.

Book Review. Cases On Domestic Relations By Joseph Warren Madden, Robert C. Brown

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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Book Review. Madden, J. W., Cases On Domestic Relations And Mccurdy, W. E., Cases On The Law Of Persons And Domestic Relations, Ralph F. Fuchs

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.

Time Of Entry Of Interlocutory Decree Of Divorce As Affecting Date Of Final Decree, F. C. Hackman

Washington Law Review

The neglect of parties to divorce suits to file the interlocutory decree in their respective suit on the day of rendition or promptly, and, in order to remedy such omission, the procuring at some subsequent time of the entry of the interlocutory decree nue pro tune as of the date of rendition, the entry of final decrees on the last day of the period of six months which must elapse before a final decree may be lawfully entered, are practices of omission or commission common enough, and which so vitally concern the status of the parties interested, as to deserve …

Divorce Under The Indiana Law, For Abandonment, Cruelty Or Failure To Provide, W. W. Thornton

Indiana Law Journal

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The Recognition Of Foreign Decrees Of Divorce, Wm. Turney Fox

West Virginia Law Review

The question of the recognition of foreign decrees of divorce is one of real and growing importance. The conflict of law that exists in this country, where divorces are granted by one state and their validity tested in another, is one that is familiar to the legal profession. In fact, it is familiar to the public generally. The unfortunate situation of persons legally divorced in one state and not in another; of a second marriage valid in one state, declared invalid in another; and the general confusion resulting from such conflict is constantly presented to the public through the daily …

Domestic Relations--Alienation Of Affections--Recovery For Partial Alienation--Motive, C. L. W.

West Virginia Law Review

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Divorce Problems In The Conflict Of Laws, Herbert F. Goodrich

Articles

Divorce may be considered as the termination of the legal relationship between husband and wife by an act of the law. With the purely local aspect of legal questions regarding divorce, Conflict of Laws is not concerned. If a husband and wife are married and have their home in one state, legal questions concerning their divorce are local matters only. These will include the grounds for divorce, the particular court in which the action is brought, the procedure to be followed from commencement to termination of the action. In such a case it is only when some question concerning the …

Comentarios A La Ley Del Divorcio Con Disolución Del Vínculo Matrimonial De 29 De Julio De 1918, Isidoro Corzo

Cuban Law

At head of title: Legislación Cubana.

Índice. - Del divorcio con disolución del vinculo. - De la acción de divorcio. - Del nuevo matrimonio. - De la separación de bienes. - Del cuidado de los hijos.- Del procedimiento para el divorcio en general. - Del procedimiento especial para el divorcio por mutuo disenso. - Criterio de transición. Apéndice: De la aplicación de la Ley de Divorcio a los extranjeros. Repertorio Alfabético.

Effect At The Situs Rei, Of A Decree Ordering Conveyance Of Foreign Land, Edgar N. Durfee

Articles

In a recent article in this Review, Prof. Willard Barbour discussed the question indicated by the above title. His cbnclusions may be-briefly slated as follows: that such a decree of a competent court having jurisdiction of the person of the defendant creates a personal obligation upon the defendant which a court of equity at the situs should enforce just as it would a contract or trust concerning this land made in the foreign jurisdiction: and that, as between the States of this Union, the "full faith and credit" clause of the Constitution makes such enforcement of the foreign decree obligatory. …

Recent Decisions

Fordham Law Review

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