Opinion

Laird v. State

79 Tex. Crim. 129
184 S.W. 810
3 A.L.R. 522
1916 Tex. Crim. App. LEXIS 83

Court: Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Filed: Jan 26, 1916
Status: Published
On the bench: Davidson, Harper, Prendergast
Cited by: 9 cases

divorce decree not subject to attack on jurisdictional grounds by spouse who obtained it where, in criminal action, former wife’s competency as witness is in issue

How later courts described this case

divorce decree not subject to attack on jurisdictional grounds by spouse who obtained it where, in criminal action, former wife’s competency as witness is in issue

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

I agree to the reinstatement of the appeal, but do not agree to the affirmance. The judgment ought to be reversed. I may write later.

PRENDERGAST, PRESIDING JUDGE, dissents from the reinstatement, but concurs in the affirmance.

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