Gibbons v. Blair’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
2
states following
October 2016
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 40 Wash. 2d 796 - In Re Estate of Romano · Savage v. Olson · Puklich & Swift, P.C. v. State Ex Rel. State Tax Commissioner · In re the Estate of Haney
Most-quoted passages
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“The majority rule is soundly based on the public policy that regards the marriage contract as so uniquely personal that any action to annul or dissolve it cannot be commenced after the death of either of the parties to the marriage unless the validity of the marriage is challenged on a ground that made the marriage absolutely void rather than voidable. Applying the majority rule and rationale to the facts of this case, we hold that an action to annul a marriage on the ground of fraud can only be brought by the defrauded spouse while both parties to the marriage are living.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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