SIMONS v. MIAMI BEACH NAT. BANK

No. 363.

381 U.S. 81 (1965)

SIMONS v. MIAMI BEACH FIRST NATIONAL BANK, EXECUTOR.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 3, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Ward argued the cause for petitioner. On the brief was William Gresham Ward.

Marion E. Sibley argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Irving B. Levenson.


MR. JUSTICE BRENNAN delivered the opinion of the Court.

The question to be decided in this case is whether a husband's valid Florida divorce, obtained in a proceeding wherein his nonresident wife was served by publication only and did not make a personal appearance, unconstitutionally extinguished her dower right in his Florida estate.

The petitioner and Sol Simons were domiciled in New York when, in 1946, she obtained...

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