González Miranda v. Santiago

Mr. Justice Dávila

delivered the opinion of the Court. .

In Mestre v. Pabeyón, ante, p. 356, we decided that if the act giving cause for divorce is committed in Puerto Rico, it is not a jurisdictional prerequisite that the plaintiff be domiciled herein. This case presents a similar situation. The trial court dismissed the complaint on the same grounds it *368dismissed the one filed in Mestre. In the present case no evidence was introduced. The trial court based its judgment in that it is alleged in the complaint that when defendant abandoned the plaintiff she went to live in the city of New York.…