Martello v. Martello

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

HARTWELL, C.J.

This is an appeal from a decree dismissing a libel for divorce for desertion and failure to provide. The libel, which was brought in the first circuit, does not show where the husband and wife last lived together but the decision finds that it was at Onomea, Hawaii, which is in the fourth circuit. The husband’s answer waives all right he might have to object to the jurisdiction of the court to try the suit and consents to its being tried at any time after the filing of the answer. By Sec. 1648 R. L. circuit judges at chambers have jurisdiction in divorces…