Johnson v. Johnson
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 1 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL PROM LOUISVILLE CHANCERY COURT. 1. S. 4, A. 3, C. 52, G. S., provides “that an action for divorce must be brought in the county where the wife usually resides, if she has an actual residence in the state,” etc. 2. That in this case the residence of the husband was the residence of the wife at the time of the institution of this action (Allen v. Allen, MS. Opinion, Sept. 25, 1867), and that this question must be tried as of that date. 3. If the…
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Case 1 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL PROM LOUISVILLE CHANCERY COURT. 1. S. 4, A. 3, C. 52, G. S., provides “that an action for divorce must be brought in the county where the wife usually resides, if she has an actual residence in the state,” etc. 2. That in this case the residence of the husband was the residence of the wife at the time of the institution of this action (Allen v. Allen, MS. Opinion, Sept. 25, 1867), and that this question must be tried as of that date. 3. If the statute required the action to be brought in the county where the wife was staying at the time of the institution of…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE COFER
delivered the opinion or the court.
The appellant left the home of her husband, the appellee, in Jefferson County, and went to the house of her father in Bullitt County, September 28, 1875, and has remained there ever since. October 1st of the same year she brought this suit in the Louisville Chancery Court for a divorce a vinculo matrimonii.
*487The appellee appeared and answered, proof was taken, and without any formal objection, by demurrer, answer, or otherwise, to the jurisdiction of the court, the chancellor, doubting his jurisdiction, followed a precedent of one of his…
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- Maguire v. MaguireCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1838
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