Phelan v. Phelan
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from a decree of the- Judge of the Circuit Court for the Suwannee circuit. ■ The facts of the ease, and the points of law arising upon the-record, are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtWestoott, J.
Under the statutes regulating the subject, no divorce a viñado matrimonii can be granted unless it is made to appear that “the applicant has resided in the State of Florida for the space of two years prior to the term of-such application.”
This fact should be alleged in the bill and established by *451proof. I John. Ch., 204; 1 4N. H., 381; 8 N. H., 162. The allegations of the bill are very indefinite xrpon this subject. It alleges that complainant remained from her home in Fernandina, but omits to state where she was or when she left. It is-then stated that in August, 1864, she was carried to…
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