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132 Ga. 712 · Supreme Court of Georgia · Jun 18, 1909
said necessaries were not furnished by said Oscar Brown, and she was compelled to furnish them in order to maintain said son; that said expenses has been an average of $20 per month, including board, clothing, tuition, medical … See also Seely v. Seely, 116 Mo. App. 362 ( 91 S. W. 979 ); Dolloff v. Dolloff, supra; Ditmar v. Ditmar, 27 Wash. 13 ( 91 Am. St. R. 817 , 67 Pac. 353 ); Zilley v. Dinwiddie, 98 Wis. 428 ( 74 N. W. 126 , 40 L. R.
Cited 33 timesPublished121 N.C. 8 · Supreme Court of North Carolina · Sep 5, 1897
The action was brought by the plaintiff, Lizzie Brown, wife of J. W. Brown, in her own name, against the defendant, J. R. Brown, the father of her husband. … Heath v.
Cited 13 timesPublished574 So. 2d 688 · Mississippi Supreme Court · Dec 27, 1990
574 So.2d 688 (1990) Betty Louise BROWN v. Ralph Nayland BROWN. No. 90-CA-0071. Supreme Court of Mississippi. December 27, 1990. *689 Keith R. Raulston, Heidelberg & Woodliff, Jackson, Darryl A. … Ralph Nayland Brown shall pay to Betty Louise Brown the sum of $6,000.00 in cash as lump sum alimony and said payment to be made within five days of the date hereof, the said Ralph Nayland Brown not be responsible for any
Cited 67 timesPublished279 S.C. 116 · Supreme Court of South Carolina · May 4, 1983
Parrott v. Parrott, _S. C._, 292 S. E. (2d) 182 (1982). We cannot conclude the trial court abused its discretion in this matter. … Recently, in Carter v. Carter, 277 S. C. 277, 286 S. E. (2d) 139 (1982) and Bugg v. Bugg, 277 S. C. 270, 286 S.
Overruled on other grounds by Tiffault v. Tiffault, 303 S.C. 391 (1991)Cited 27 timesPublished237 Miss. 53 · Mississippi Supreme Court · Jun 8, 1959
Helen Gant Brown, a divorce from her husband, Jake N. Brown, defendantappellee. We affirm that action, and also the denial of separate maintenance. … Brown in a super-market and Mr. Brown as a painter. The mother works .only in the daytime, and can be at home for breakfast and supper with Carol and at night and on weekends.
Cited 16 timesPublished101 Kan. 335 · Supreme Court of Kansas · Jul 7, 1917
(Ernst v. Foster, 58 Kan. 438 , 49 Pac. 527 ; Blair v. Blair, 82 Kan. 464 , 108 Pac. 827 .) After the death of John P. … (Brewick v. Anderson, 267 Ill. 169 ; Baker v. Hibbs, 167 Iowa, 174 ; Dexter v. Attorney General, 224 Mass. 215 .) No part of the estate can be set aside'by reason of the life of William F.
Cited 27 timesPublished205 Ind. 664 · Indiana Supreme Court · Dec 13, 1933
Denny v. State (1932), 203 Ind. 682 , 182 N. E. 313 . … It was said in Phillips v.
Cited 25 timesPublished15 Cal. 3d 838 · California Supreme Court · Jan 16, 1976
Board of Administration (1970) 3 Cal.3d 32, 40-41 [89 Cal.Rptr. 61 , 473 P.2d 765 ]; cf. Smith v. … , supra, 41 Cal.App.3d 642 ; In re Marriage of Brown (1972) 27 Cal.App.3d 188 [ 103 Cal.Rptr. 510 ]; Bensing v.
Cited 144 timesPublished150 Tenn. 89 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Dec 15, 1923
Gildersleeve v. Gildersleeve, 88 Conn., 689 , 92 Atl., 684 , Ann. Cas., 1916B, 920, and cases cited. … Keelin v. Graves, 129 Tenn., 103 , 165 S. W., 232 , L. R. A., 1915A, 421; cases collected in 26 A. L. R., 188.
Cited 18 timesPublished192 Wash. 333 · Washington Supreme Court · Nov 23, 1937
In the case of Cassutt v. … Hamlin v.
Cited 9 timesPublished170 Cal. 1 · California Supreme Court · Apr 7, 1915
In People’s Bank v. … Code, sec. 1698; Pearsall v.
Cited 132 timesPublished159 Tenn. 551 · Tennessee Supreme Court · Oct 19, 1929
It must be borne in mind that reasonable certainty only is exacted, not “mathematical certainty,” as expressed by Judge Coopek in Dismukes v. Dismukes, 1 Tenn. Chy., 266. … We are of opinion that the case at bar is to be distinguished on its facts from Beard v. Beard, 3 Tenn. App., 392 ; Horne v, Horne, 1 Tenn. Chy., 260, and Sail- *555 lard v. Saillard, 2 Tenn.
Cited 12 timesPublished146 Neb. 908 · Nebraska Supreme Court · Mar 8, 1946
It is there held that a party may not be required to accept an absolute divorce when she prayed for a divorce from bed and board only, where the other party is not entitled to affirmative relief. … Johnsen v. Johnsen, 144 Neb. 208 , 12 N. W. 2d 837 .
Cited 16 timesPublished248 Iowa 802 · Supreme Court of Iowa · May 7, 1957
Brown, mother of defendant, testified she had visited in the home occasionally, and they had visited in her home, and she had never discerned any difficulty between them. Mrs. … Inman v. Inman, 196 Iowa 845 , 195 N.W. 583 ; Massie v. Massie, 202 Iowa 1311 , 210 N.W. 431 ; Low v. Low, Levis v. Levis, Ernest v. Ernest, and Murray v. Murray, all supra.
Cited 13 timesPublished600 N.W.2d 869 · North Dakota Supreme Court · Oct 20, 1999
See Riehl v. … Riehl v.
Cited 27 timesPublished234 Ga. 300 · Supreme Court of Georgia · Apr 29, 1975
Kate Kenworthy Brown appeals from the granting of Albert Eugene Brown’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict which set aside the jury verdict awarding her a divorce and alimony. … Drawdy v. Hesters, supra, 130 Ga. 163 , quoting from Clark v. Cassidy, 62 Ga. 410 . In Foster v.
Cited 31 timesPublished373 Ark. 333 · Supreme Court of Arkansas · May 1, 2008
See White v. White, supra; Brown v. Brown, 76 Ark. App. 494 , 68 S.W.3d 316 (2002); Stepp v. Gray, 58 Ark. App. 229 , 947 S.W.2d 798 (1997). … In Layman v.
Cited 20 timesPublished208 Mass. 290 · Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Mar 3, 1911
It was said by Chief Justice Gray in Dorr v. … Brown in his illness ? A. I didn’t attend him. — Q. Miss Brown was the nurse who was attending him at that time? A. Yes.” She was then asked, “ Did he describe to you at that time the symptoms which he felt ?
Cited 13 timesPublished22 Mich. 242 · Michigan Supreme Court · Jan 10, 1871
The parties were married November 10, 1845, and the bill avers as the cause for divorce, the following: “That the said John Brown, wholly disregarding the solemnity of his marriage vow, and his duty to your oratrix, has during … And your oratrix further shows unto this honorable court and charges the truth to be, that the said John Brown did, on or about the fifteenth day of December, 1867, and for the whole year last past, grossly, wantonly and
Cited 6 timesPublished
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