Spielman v. Spielman

This is an action for divorce, in which the defendant made default. The trial court was of the opinion that the plaintiff had not been a resident of this state for one year immediately preceding the bringing of the action, as required by our statute, and entered a judgment of dismissal, from which the plaintiff has appealed.

The facts which throw light upon the question involved may be briefly stated as follows: Appellant was born and lived all of her life in the city of Spokane in this state. In the spring of 1925, appellant’s mother, being in ill health, went to the city of Portland, in the…