Pierce v. Pierce

Citations

• 107 Wash. 125
• 181 P. 24
• 1919 Wash. LEXIS 741

Syllabus

<p>Statutes (86)—Retroactive Operation—Divorce Statutes. Laws 1917, p. 353, authorizing a divorce where the parties are estranged and have lived separate and apart for eight years or more, must be given a prospective operation, and does not apply to estrangements which existed prior to the passage of the act.</p> <p>Statutes (68)—Legislative Construction—Retroactive Effect. An intent to make retroactive a divorce statute (Laws 1917, p. 353) authorizing a divorce where the parties are estranged and have lived separate and apart for eight years or more, is not shown by the fact that the legislature rejected an amendment inserting “after the year 1917.”</p> <p>Divorce (50-1)—Judgment — Conclusiveness. The denial of a divorce to a husband upon the ground that he was at fault and had caused the separation is conclusive and a bar to a second action by him upon the ground of estrangement and inability to live together.</p> <p>Divorce (67)—Suit Money—Amount. The allowances for suit money being largely discretionary, an allowance of $2,000 for the defense of an action in which the traveling expenses of defendant and her witnesses was more than $800, will not be disturbed.</p> <p>Chadwick, C. J., dissents.</p>