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170 Mich. 651

In re Crane

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided June 12, 1912

Michigan Supreme Court · decided 1912-06-12

Habeas corpus by Elvin W. Crane. 3 Comp. Laws, § 8658, reads as follows: “ The court granting a decree of divorce may provide in such decree that the party against whom any divorce is granted shall not marry again within such time as shall be fixed by the court, which time shall be set out in the decree: Provided, that such time shall not exceed the period of two years from the time such decree is granted.

Cited by 4 later decisions — most recently May 1945

3 state decisions

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Decided 1912-06-12

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McAlvay, J.

¶1(dissenting), I cannot concur in the opinion of Mr. Justice Ostrander, which discharges petitioner from custody for a contempt of court committed purposely and probably under advice. In my opinion the decree prohibited absolutely the marriage of petitioner within a period of two years. The statute was intended by the *656legislature .declaratory of the policy of the State prohibiting the marriage of a divorced party anywhere. The statute in declaring a party who marries contrary to its provisions guilty of bigamy does not necessarily require a construction that such act will deprive the court of the inherent power to punish as for contempt a disobedience of its decree.

¶2No authorities are cited that go to this extent. The legislature could not have intended such a result, and no rule of construction should obtain which necessarily deprives the courts of powers which have always been recognized.

¶3In my opinion, this statute should receive that same construction given by the supreme court of. Wisconsin to a statute of like import.

¶4The writ should be denied.

Brooke, J., concurred in result reached by McAlvay, J.
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