Jones v. Jones

How courts have described this case

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

• the mother’s attempt to enforce the father’s promise to support their daughter until she finished college or reached age 22 by seeking a judgment, not by attachment for contempt, indicated she was attempting to enforce a contractual obligation
• the mother’s attempt to enforce the father’s promise to support their daughter until she finished college or reached age 22 by seeking a judgment, not by attachment for contempt, indicated she was attempting to enforce a contractual obligation.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Penland v. Penland
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1975-03-10· cited 118×
• Bryan v. Leach
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2001-06-05· cited 49×
• Blackburn v. Blackburn
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1975-08-18· cited 49×
• Hathaway v. Hathaway
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2002-11-26· cited 41×
• Gaines v. Gaines
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1980-06-03· cited 21×
• Orlandella v. Orlandella
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-05-04· cited 16×
• Hawkins v. Hawkins
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1990-07-23· cited 15×
• Dimitroff v. Dimitroff
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1975-10-21· cited 6×
• Geret Jesse Johnston v. Susan Harwell
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2013-07-16
• Linda Sue Hathaway v. Glenn Hathaway
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2002-11-26
• Hennigan v. Hennigan
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1999-05-26
• Julia Leach Bryan v. James Leach
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1999-04-15

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Garey v. Garey
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1972-05-15· cited 30×
• Whitt v. Whitt
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1973-02-05· cited 22×
• Doty v. Doty
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1952-05-28· cited 16×
• Wallace v. Cox
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1916-09-15· cited 15×
• Memphis Steel Const. Co. v. Lister ex rel. Lister
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1917-09-15· cited 15×
• Weinstein v. Heimberg
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1972-02-25· cited 14×
• Kamper v. Waldon
  California Supreme Court· 1941-04-16· cited 13×
• Thomas v. Thomas
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1959-07-15· cited 13×
• Morrissey v. Morrissey
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1964-04-08· cited 13×