Lamar v. Houston

The appellant filed has bill of complaint in the Chancery Court of Bolivar County to obtain a decree of divorce from appellee and the- custody of their two children. He made as an exhibit to the bill a certified copy of a divorce proceeding theretofore had in the Chancery Court of Quitman County wherein the appellee had obtained a divorce from him and the award to her of the custody of the children and alimony and attorneys fees. The exhibit affirmatively disclosed that the Chancery Court of Quitman County had jurisdiction of both the subject matter and the parties, it having been alleged,…