# Raiford v. Raiford

> Supreme Court of Virginia · January 21, 1952 · 193 Va. 221

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9616143

## Case

- **Full name:** Robert Harvey Raiford v. Lorrayne Spear Raiford
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Virginia
- **Decided:** January 21, 1952
- **Citations:** 193 Va. 221; 68 S.E.2d 888; 1952 Va. LEXIS 128
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Whittle
- **Judges:** Whittle
- **Cited by:** 49 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- noting that “[t]here are so many cases in which a reference to a commissioner is necessary,” including “the more effectual working out of details which the judge sitting in court is unable to investigate, or to make some specific inquiry necessary to satisfy the conscience of …

## Opinion text

*236 Eggleston and Whittle, JJ.,
concurring.
The opinion of the Chief Justice clearly demonstrates that the rule promulgated by the lower court with respect to references in divorce suits is sound in principle and proper in form. Having reached this conclusion, we see no occasion for holding that it should be modified and restricted.

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