DuMont v. Godbey

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “Divorce, but not separation, revokes will provisions for the former spouse . . .”
• death of husband did not bar wife's action to enforce property division

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

31 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Lauricella v. Lauricella
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-01-22· cited 353×
• Reed v. Reed
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 2009-03-20· cited 95×
• Davidson v. Davidson
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1985-02-20· cited 90×
• Drapek v. Drapek
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1987-02-17· cited 72×
• Foisie v. Worcester Polytechnic Inst.
  First Circuit· 2020-07-24· cited 67×
• A.Z. v. B.Z.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-03-31· cited 59×
• Bak v. Bak
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1987-08-12· cited 54×
• Harris v. Sannella
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1987-07-07· cited 38×
• L.W.K. v. E.R.C.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-09-14· cited 30×
• Pattillo v. Pattillo
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1982-04-02· cited 26×
• Cloutier Hay v. Cloutier
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-05-16· cited 26×
• Brash v. Brash
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-03-20· cited 21×
• Pavluvcik v. Sullivan
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1986-07-28· cited 18×
• Kennedy v. Kennedy
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1983-12-27· cited 16×
• Durkee v. Durkee-Mower, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1981-11-18· cited 14×
• Downing v. Downing
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1981-11-30· cited 14×
• Earle v. Earle
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1982-05-14· cited 14×
• United States v. Real Property, Buildings, Appurtenances & Improvements Located at 221 Dana Avenue
  First Circuit· 2001-02-06· cited 8×
• Hoult v. Hoult
  D. Massachusetts· 1994-09-06· cited 6×
• Aronson v. Aronson
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1987-12-17· cited 6×

Cites

25 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Rice v. Rice
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-04-14· cited 136×
• Knox v. Remick
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-12-08· cited 102×
• Coe v. Coe
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1943-02-23· cited 75×
• Putnam v. Putnam
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1977-01-06· cited 70×
• Surabian v. Surabian
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1972-07-18· cited 58×
• McStowe v. Bornstein
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-04-12· cited 55×
• Blanchette v. Blanchette
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1972-09-19· cited 52×
• Knapp v. Knapp
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1883-03-02· cited 50×
• Harrison v. Loyal Protective Life Insurance
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-11-08· cited 42×
• In Re Estate of Hereford
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1978-12-19· cited 40×
• Taylor v. Gowetz
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1959-05-29· cited 36×
• Gediman v. Cameron
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1940-05-28· cited 33×
• King v. King
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-07-06· cited 29×
• Farrington v. Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1932-07-07· cited 28×
• Wood v. Wood
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-02-03· cited 23×
• Jorden v. Ball
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1970-05-07· cited 21×
• Maze v. Mihalovich
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1979-03-29· cited 20×
• Klar v. Klar
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1947-11-28· cited 15×
• Southard v. Southard
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1928-01-10· cited 14×
• Brown v. Greenlow
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1953-04-01· cited 11×