Mounts v. Dunville's Heirs
Mounts v. Dunville's Heirs
Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
In Bishop-, on Marriage and D-ivorce,- Sec. 754, it is said: “Whatever be the authority of the court which pronounces a sentence of divorce or of nullity, to revise or reverse it on a proceeding instituted for that purpose, still, while it remains a sentence, it is, if free from fraud and collusion, binding on that tribunal in all collateral proceedings, and- upon all other tribunals, in all proceedings direct
The divorce dissolved the marital relation and restored Mrs. Mounts to her exclusive right to her land; and our statutory law provides that a divorce destroys the husband’s potential right to curtesy. Susan E. Hays v. Sanderson and Wife, 7 Bush 489.
Petition overruled.
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