Gouch v. Gouch

After the defendant had married the plaintiff within the State of New York in 1819, they lived together *437at Yonkers, and later in Brooklyn, until the fall of 1890, when they separated and the defendant continued to provide for his wife until July, 1891. Some years later, he went to Illinois and, after gaining a local residence, began a suit for divorce in the Superior Court of Cook county. No personal service was made upon the wife, who had no knowledge of the proceeding, and a decree of absolute divorce on the ground of desertion was made upon default on the 19th day of November, 189.7. No…