Pettaway v. Pettaway

PRICE, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of one of the district courts exercising jurisdiction in Bexar County. Plaintiff, Nathaniel Pettaway, sued Alice Pettaway for a divorce. The trial was to the court without a jury. After hearing the evidence the court dismissed the proceeding on the ground that the plaintiff was not a bona fide resident of Texas and had not resided in the State twelve months preceding the filing of his petition. Plaintiff perfected an appeal from this judgment.

There is a question of jurisdiction presented by the transcript.

The judgment recites an…