White v. White

Lively, Judge:

The question certified for review and decision is, whether a circuit court has jurisdiction of a suit for divorce by a plaintiff who is not an actual bona fide citizen of the state, and has not resided in the state for at least one year immediately preceding the institution of the suit. The circuit court took jurisdiction, holding that inasmuch as the defendant had long been a resident of the county in which the suit was brought, for more than a year, plaintiff could sue for divorce, although she had not been an actual bona fide resident of the state, and had not resided in the…