168 W. Va. 70 - Fortner v. Fortner’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
July 1996
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Aldrich v. Aldrich · 123 W. Va. 707 - Perkins v. Hall · Kern v. Lindsey · Stewart v. Stewart · 147 W. Va. 269 - Aldrich v. Aldrich
Most-quoted passages
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““If the court, which rendered the judgment, was a court of general jurisdiction, the presumption is it had jurisdiction of the particular case,’ and to render the judgment void, this presumption must be overcome by proof” Syl. pt. 3, Gilchrist v. O. & O.L. Co., 21 W.Va. 115 (1882).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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