Lucas v. Lucas

Having failed to appear in the action, the appellant, several months after a divorce was granted to the respondent, moves to set the judgment aside on the ground that -the respondent had not been a bona fide resident of Wisconsin for two years prior to the commencement of the action, as required by statute. The trial court had found that the respondent was and had been a bona fide resident of Wisconsin for more than two years immediately preceding the commencement of the action. However, appellant upon this motion contends that he has always been domiciled in Iowa and that because a wife’s…