Wilkins v. Wilkins

Rodney, J.,

delivering the opinion of the Court:

It is plausibly argued for the defendant that by the personal service of process on the defendant and by her appearance in the cause this Court has jurisdiction of both the subject matter and the parties, and should grant the motion, so that it may be possible for the defendant to secure an affirmative decree in her favor.

In Brown v. Brown, (Del. Super.) 29 A. 2d 149, this Court had occasion to consider some aspects of the origin of jurisdiction in matters of divorce. It was there pointed out that insofar as jurisdiction of matrimonal causes was…