McPherson v. McPherson

Hill, Justice.

This is a divorce case. The husband, a nonresident en route from New Jersey to Texas, was served at the Atlanta airport while he was waiting for his connecting flight. The trial court granted the husband’s motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction over the person. The wife appeals.

The objective facts are undisputed. The wife, who lives in Georgia, had telephoned her husband who had lived for many months in Florida attending to his troubled business. She was aware that he would soon move to Texas to take a salaried management position with a large company. She asked that he…