Tyborowski v. Tyborowski

This is a divorce suit. The trial judge dismissed the petition on the ground that the court did not have jurisdiction because neither of the parties was a resident, citizen of Tennessee at the time the suit was brought. Plaintiff appealed.

The following rules of law apply to the case.

Code, sec. 8429, provides: “Bill or petition in whose name and where to be filed. — The bill or petition may be filed in the proper name of the complainant, in the chancery or circuit court of the county where the parties resided at the time of their separation, or in” which the defendant residés, or is found, if…