Simms v. Simms
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF ARIZONA. The suit was commenced by a complaint filed October 6, 1894, in a district court of the Territory of Arizona, by a husband against his wife for a divorce from the bond of matrimony for the cause of desertion on and ever since December 18, 1893. The wife’s answer denied the desertion alleged, and set up desertion by the husband on and ever since December 14, 1893, as well as cruelty on his part. ■ The Kevised Statutes…
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APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE TERRITORY OF ARIZONA. The suit was commenced by a complaint filed October 6, 1894, in a district court of the Territory of Arizona, by a husband against his wife for a divorce from the bond of matrimony for the cause of desertion on and ever since December 18, 1893. The wife’s answer denied the desertion alleged, and set up desertion by the husband on and ever since December 14, 1893, as well as cruelty on his part. ■ The Kevised Statutes of 1887 of the Territory of Arizona,, tit. 34, c. 4, .vest the jurisdiction of suits for divorce in the district courts…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gray
The motion to dismiss this appeal for want of jurisdiction is made upon two grounds: 1st. That the decree appealed from is a decree dismissing a suit for divorce, and awarding to the appellee alimony and counsel fees pending that suit. 2d. That the matter in dispute does not exceed the sum of five thousand dollars, exclusive of costs.
The Kevised Statutes of the United States conferred on this court jurisdiction, upon writ of error or appeal, to review and reverse or affirm the final judgments and decrees of the Supreme Courts of any Territory except Washington, “ in cases where the value of…
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