Wells v. Montcalm Circuit Judge
Michigan Supreme Court
Petition by Maude M. Wells against Frank D. M. Davis, circuit judge of Montcalm county, for a writ of prohibition to restrain the exercise of jurisdiction in a divorce proceeding.
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
The circuit court for the county of Wayne, in chancery, and the circuit court for the county of Montcalm, in chancery — courts of co-ordinate jurisdiction — each asserts exclusive jurisdiction over a divorce suit between relator and her husband, Percy D. Wells. Relator, Maude, resides in Wayne county. Her husband, Percy, resides in Montcalm county. Relator, Maude, is the complainant, and her husband, Percy, the defendant, in the suit pending in the Wayne circuit court, while Percy is the complainant and Maude is the defendant in the suit pending in the Montcalm circuit court. The suit pending…
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