Caples v. Caples’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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1. ““■No question is raised as to the jurisdiction of a California court over appellant, but it is contended (1) that the judgment sought to be enforced is not a final judgment, as it was subject to amendment at any time on order of the court rendering it, and (2) that the judgment, if final, is dormant, not having been revived by the court that rendered it, and execution is barred by the lapse of five years, under the statute of limitations of the state of California, which must be given effect in Texas. “There is no dispute as to the material facts. Appellant brought an action for divorce against his wife, appellee, in a California court. On cross-action by her she was awarded an interlocutory decree of divorce on February 2, 1921, and this was made final on February 6, 1922. By the decree she was awarded alimony at the rate of $150 per month for the support of herself and minor son, then about two years of age, until his majority. She was given the custody of her son, and the alimony was payable direct to her. Shortly after, the decree, certainly within five years, appellant left the State of California and has not since returned. Execution issued on the judgment in California, on September 15, 1923. Thereafter on May 2, 1930, a motion for execution was filed in the California court, and that court ordered execution issued the same day in the amount of $22,000.12, the same amount as the judgment herein. The decree has never been amended. [1, 2.] Under the law of California, se”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Richardson v. Helis