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SUTTON v. LEIB.

No. 143.

342 U.S. 402 (1952)

72 S.Ct. 398

96 L.Ed. 448

SUTTON v. LEIB.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 3, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Alan Appleman and Edward D. Bolton submitted on brief for petitioner.

A. M. Fitzgerald submitted on brief for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE REED delivered the opinion of the Court.

By reason of a divorce in an Illinois state court, with a judgment for monthly installments of alimony until remarriage, petitioner asserts that her divorced husband, the respondent Leib, is liable for unpaid installments of alimony. Asserting diversity jurisdiction, petitioner, a divorcee, filed suit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois. Claim for recovery is made, notwithstanding...

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