McCraney v. McCraney

How courts have described this case

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

• stating, in a divorce suit, “we know of no authority for a court to divest the husband of the title to his property and to vest the title in the wife by judicial fiat or decree”
• \ Watts and its progeny have broadened the chancery court's authority to effect an equitable distribution of jointly accumulated property... .\

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Cited by

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

• Ferguson v. Ferguson
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-07-07· cited 745×
• Tilley v. Tilley
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1992-12-10· cited 142×
• Dillon v. Dillon
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1986-11-12· cited 126×
• Jones v. Jones
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1988-10-05· cited 82×
• Draper v. Draper
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1993-09-16· cited 71×
• McAdory v. McAdory
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1992-09-24· cited 62×
• Duvall v. Duvall
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1955-06-13· cited 52×
• Watts v. Watts
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1985-03-13· cited 41×
• Owen v. Gerity
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1982-11-17· cited 38×
• Chrismond v. Chrismond
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1951-05-21· cited 33×
• Retzer v. Retzer
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1990-12-12· cited 26×
• Wray v. Langston
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1980-03-05· cited 25×
• Monroe v. Monroe
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1992-12-17· cited 21×
• Cox v. Cox
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1966-03-14· cited 21×
• Mahaffey, Guardian v. First Natl. Bank
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1957-11-04· cited 19×
• Britt v. Britt
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1978-03-15· cited 16×
• Keyes v. Keyes
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1965-02-01· cited 14×
• Bridges v. Bridges
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1976-04-13· cited 14×
• Windham v. Windham
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1953-10-26· cited 13×
• Thames v. Thames
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1958-03-10· cited 9×

Cites

1 case in this archive is cited by this case.

• Banks v. Banks
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1918-10-15· cited 32×

Other cases named McCraney v. McCraney

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• McCraney v. McCraney
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 2004-09-24· cited 1×