Nowell v. Nowell

CLAUDE WILLIAMS, Justice.

Divorce action. Ames Nowell instituted this action in the Domestic Relations Court of Dallas County, Texas against Marguerite Lovelett Nowell in which he sought a divorce and adjudication of property rights. Defendant wife, a resident of the State of Connecticut, was served with citation in that state. Pursuant to Rule 120a, Vernon’s Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, defendant filed her motion challenging the jurisdiction of the Texas court on the grounds (a) that she was not a resident of the State of Texas, (b) that the plaintiff was not a bona fide resident of the…