DARDEN v. DARDEN

No. 2194.

144 A.2d 697 (1958)

Julian Thomas DARDEN, Appellant, v. Harriett Lewis DARDEN, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided September 10, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Jay McCathran, Jr., Washington, D. C., with whom Arthur C. Elgin, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Dale L. Button, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before ROVER, Chief Judge, and HOOD and QUINN, Associate Judges.


HOOD, Associate Judge.

This appeal raises the question whether the trial court correctly held that a judgment rendered in the State of Florida was entitled to full faith and credit. For reasons hereafter stated, we agree with the trial court.

Appellant and appellee were formerly husband and wife. In 1948 they were divorced by a Florida decree in a proceeding in which both personally appeared. The decree required appellant to pay appellee alimony and support...

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