Steele v. Steele

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a suit for divorce and alimony is “strictly a personal action, sounding in tort, and by all the rules and maxims of law lies (dies) with the person”
• noting that an entry of divorce nunc pro tunc was improper because the date upon which the trial court intended to grant the parties’ divorce was uncertain
• “The judicial power is ended when a party dies before the entry of a decree . . . .”
• “[I]f an action for a divorce is commenced, and one of the parties dies thereafter, but before the entry of the final decree, the action abates.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Blackburn v. Blackburn
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2008-11-13· cited 203×
• Rhodes v. Pederson
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2007-07-06· cited 4×
• In Re: Estate of James H. Williams
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2003-04-28
• John Layton v. Penny Layton
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2000-05-12
• Mildred Daniel v. James Daniel
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1998-02-12
• In Re: Estate of Betty D. Gentry Meek
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2014-06-04
• Paula Harris, Conservator For Saundra Richey v. Reuben \Royce\ Richey
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2021-12-21
• Tray Simmons v. Dr. Shahidul Islam
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2026-05-21

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Crim v. Kessing
  California Supreme Court· 1891-06-18· cited 106×
• Rush v. Rush
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1896-09-26· cited 25×
• McCown v. Quillin
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1960-10-26· cited 13×
• Vessels v. Vessels
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1975-11-17· cited 7×
• Garniss v. Superior Court
  California Supreme Court· 1891-03-21· cited 3×