Howard v. Howard

HANSON, J. pro tem.

This is an action for divorce or rather we should say two actions for one and the same divorce, one instituted by the wife against her husband and the other by the husband against the wife.

The wife instituted her action for divorce in propria persona by filing her complaint on February 3, 1949, but without serving her husband with summons. Without knowledge of her action the husband filed his action for divorce on March 14, 1949. The wife filed an answer therein to the merits and not by way of abatement. The husband likewise filed an answer in the action instituted by the…