Wolfe v. Wolfe

How courts have described this case

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

• “[A] marriage contract can be voided only if the nature of the fraud itself affects the essentials of the marriage.”
• \[A] marriage contract can be voided only if the nature of the fraud itself affects the essentials of the marriage.\
• “False representations as to fortune, character, and social standing are not essential elements of the marriage, and it is contrary to public policy to annul a marriage for fraud or misrepresentations as to personal qualities.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Elliott v. James
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1999-05-28· cited 12×
• Roger B. v. People
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1980-06-25· cited 9×
• Wolfe v. Wolfe
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1980-02-14· cited 8×
• Hill v. Hill
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1979-12-26· cited 7×
• In re Marriage of Igene
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2015-08-19· cited 3×
• Elaine Leax v. Robert W. Leax
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2009-06-11
• Mario Phuong Todorov, V. Hanh Phuong Ha
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2022-01-03

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Bielby v. Bielby
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1929-02-20· cited 35×
• Lyon v. Lyon
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1907-10-23· cited 24×
• Bilowit v. Dolitsky
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1973-05-02· cited 10×
• Wolfe v. Wolfe
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1978-06-29· cited 9×
• Jordan v. Jordan
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1975-09-30· cited 4×