Rollings v. Rollings

GRONER, Associate Justice.

Appellee, whom we shall hereafter speak of as Mrs. Rollings, brought suit in the Supreme Court of the District for absolute divorce from her husband, appellant, whom we shall hereafter speak of as Dr. Rollings. At the subsequent hearing, the trial court refused an absolute divorce, but granted a divorce' a mensa on the ground of cruelty. From this decree, Dr. Rollings appeals on the ground that the lower court had no jurisdiction, because at the time Mrs. Rollings’s suit was filed she was a resident of West Virginia, and not a resident of the District of Columbia.

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