Buchanan v. Buchanan

Decided March 10, 1938. Edward W. Hudgins wrote the opinion for the court.

170 Va. 458 · Cited 53 times

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• Dunbar v. Dunbar · 190 U.S. 340
• Windsor v. McVeigh · 93 U.S. 274
• Armstrong v. Obucino · 300 Ill. 140
• Bray v. Landergren · 161 Va. 699
• People Ex Rel. McCanliss v. McCanliss · 175 N.E. 129
• Hayes v. Strauss · 151 Va. 136
• Watson v. Mose · 165 Va. 661
• State ex rel. Sharpe v. Banks · 25 Ind. 495

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• Bartlett v. Bartlett · 152 P.2d 402
• McClaugherty v. McClaugherty · 180 Va. 51
• Fortson v. Fortson · 25 S.E.2d 518
• State Ex Rel. Titus v. Hayes · 144 S.E.2d 502
• Williams v. Woolfolk · 188 Va. 312
• Miles v. Jones · 173 P.2d 949
• Long v. City of Weirton · 214 S.E.2d 832
• Ford v. Ford · 371 U.S. 187
• Robertson v. Commonwealth · 181 Va. 520
• Jones v. Willard · 299 S.E.2d 504
• Verrocchio v. Verrocchio · 429 S.E.2d 482
• Local 333B, United Marine Division v. Commonwealth · 193 Va. 773
• Howarth v. Northcott · 152 Conn. 460
• Laing v. Commonwealth · 205 Va. 511
• Smyth v. Midgett · 199 Va. 727
• Hopkins v. Yarbrough · 284 S.E.2d 907
• Smyth v. Holland · 97 S.E.2d 745
• Church v. Church · 483 S.E.2d 498
• Waller v. Waller · 245 S.W.2d 814
• Hamel v. Hamel · 441 S.E.2d 221
• New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk Railroad Ferry Co. v. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Counties of Northampton · 196 Va. 428

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