Hansford v. Hansford
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the Hannibal Court of Common Pleas. Hon. Thomas IT. Bacon, Judge. The petition for divorce in the case of Hansford v. Hansford, number 5401, contains all the jurisdictional averments. Service by publication was duly and properly made, The record on its face shows that the court had jurisdiction over the case, and the final decree of divorce therein rendered cannot be impeached by “ evidence aliunde, and for matters not apparent on the face of the record.”
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Appeal from the Hannibal Court of Common Pleas. Hon. Thomas IT. Bacon, Judge. The petition for divorce in the case of Hansford v. Hansford, number 5401, contains all the jurisdictional averments. Service by publication was duly and properly made, The record on its face shows that the court had jurisdiction over the case, and the final decree of divorce therein rendered cannot be impeached by “ evidence aliunde, and for matters not apparent on the face of the record.” Appellants objection to the introduction of testimony should have been sustained. Childs v. Childs, 11 Mo. App. 395 ; Cole v.…
1Opinion of the CourtRombauer, P. J.
The defendant obtained a decree of divorce from his wife, the plaintiff herein, September 19, 1884, in the Hannibal court of common pleas. The decree was obtained upon constructive service by publication, upon default, and without the appearance of the wife. In October, 1885, the plaintiff herein filed her bill for a *268review, stating in substance that the decree was obtained by the fraud of defendant, that he never was a citizen and resident in good faith of the state of Missouri, and the court granting the decree of divorce was without jurisdiction in the premises ; that she never had any…
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