Horton v. Stegmyer
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Colorado. Bill by Emma W. Horton against Caroline Stegmycr, otherwise called Caroline S. Horton, and others. Decree for defendants, and complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
At some time prior to July, 1900, Ariel P. Horton was married to the complainant, Emma W. Horton. They were residents of Arapahoe county, in the state of Colorado, and the law of that state required that a suit for divorce should be brought in the comity in which one of the parties resided or last resided. Rev. St. Colo. 1908, § 2116; Branch v. Branch, 30 Colo. 499, 506, 71 Pac. 632. They went to Jefferson county, in that state, where a summons and complaint in a suit for divorce brought by Horton were served upon the complainant in this suit, she gave written authority…
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