MELVIN, J., delivered the opinion of the Court. GILBERT, C.J., dissents and files a dissenting opinion at page 445 infra.
Although the parties put it somewhat differently, we think the issue to be decided in this appeal is this: Did the chancellor have the authority to award alimony to a putative wife after granting her putative husband a divorce a vinculo matrimonii on the ground that at the time of their purported marriage the putative wife was already...
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