Boudreaux v. Welch

At the outset, I would emphasize that neither Katherine Boudreaux nor her first husband, against whom she asserts she obtained a divorce, ever lived in Mississippi prior to or at the time when the divorce was obtained. This fact is not disputed. The wife .frankly testified that she had no intention at any time of residing in Mississippi, and, at the most, spent about one week there in 1950 when she went to Mississippi to testify and obtain her divbrce'.." She even alleged that her husband; the defendant, was living in Louisiana when the suit was brought.

Mississippi law grants jurisdiction to…