68 Wash. 2d 735 - Messersmith v. Messersmith’s Empirical Analysis
1966
Citation profile
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 44 Wash. 2d 488 - Boeing Airplane Co. v. Firemen's Fund Indemnity Co. · Boudwin v. Boudwin · 43 Wash. 2d 282 - Millheisler v. Millheisler · Walls v. Walls · 45 Wash. 2d 565 - Valaer v. Valaer
Most-quoted passages
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“The fact that the order recites that the award is for respondent’s care and maintenance does not require a holding that this particular portion of the decree attempts to award alimony to respondent. These words are not conclusive, and can not be held to contradict the manifest intent of the award considered as a portion of the interlocutory order.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Dreyer v. Dreyer
How this case has been treated — in progress
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