BOUDREAUX v. WELCH

No. 48042.

192 So.2d 356 (1966)

249 La. 983

Katherine G. BOUDREAUX v. Carl K. WELCH et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Dissenting Opinion November 30, 1966.

Rehearing Denied December 12, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aycock, Horne, Caldwell & Coleman, Jack C. Caldwell, Franklin, for plaintiff-applicant.

Caffery, Duhe & Davis, John M. Duhe, Jr., New Iberia, for defendants-respondents.


McCALEB, Justice.

The question for decision in this case is whether or not the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the United States Constitution1 precludes the courts of this State from entertaining a collateral attack on a judgment of divorce rendered in the State of Mississippi when the validity of such judgment could not be challenged in the courts of that State?

The issue arises in a...

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