Stilley v. Stilley’s Empirical Analysis

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2 district · 8 state decisions

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1. ““ [P]laintiff argued that after her legal impediment had been removed, there was a common-law marriage which we should recognize by virtue of the law and decisions of Colorado, concededly a common-law state. That contention is predicated upon section 42-117, R.R.S.1943, which provides: ‘All marriages contracted without this state, which would be valid by the laws of the country in which the same were contracted, shall be valid in all courts and places in this state.’ The question is then whether or not under the circumstances of this case there was any valid common-law marriage in Colorado, which this state should recognize. We conclude that there was not. Plaintiff claims that there was a common-law marriage in Colorado because upon three pleasure trips respectively, one in October 1947, one in June 1950, and one in September 1951, she and decedent twice attended conventions and once visited relatives in Colorado for 3 or 4 days each trip. On such occasions they either registered at a named motel as husband and wife, or stayed with relatives, where they slept in the same bed, cohabited, and were introduced to or by friends and relatives as husband and wife, after which they returned to their home in Weeping Water. No claim is made that they ever actually resided or had a domicile in Colorado or in any other state except Nebraska. There is no evidence that any of such trips to Colorado were made for the purpose of changing their domicile or residence to that jurisdiction or c”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Walker v. Yarbrough

2. “It is a well established rule that the power to judge a contempt rests exclusively with the court contemned, and that no court is authorized to punish a contempt against another.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Nehring v. Taylor