MARTIN v. MARTIN


373 S.W.2d 609 (1963)

Rosa MARTIN v. Robert MARTIN.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

December 5, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George F. McCanless Atty. Gen., Thomas E. Fox, Asst. Atty. Gen., for plaintiff in error.

Willard W. Kittrell, Jr., Harriman, for defendant in error.


BURNETT, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal by the State from an order of the Circuit Judge in declaring the Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act as unconstitutional because it is said that it contravenes Article I, Section 17 and Article XI, Section 8 of the Constitution of Tennessee, upon the ground that it permits the filing of a petition in a court of this State by a non-resident upon a pauper's oath, a right not authorized...

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