Niemela v. Niemela

This is an action brought to establish a foreign judgment as one of record in this State. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff, the defendant appeals.

The matter which is the foundation of the present action is briefly this: sometime in February, 1946, Evelyn L. Niemela, the plaintiff here, instituted a suit for divorce against Edward A. Niemela, the defendant here, in the Superior Court of the State of Washington for Klickitat County. The record discloses that Edward Niemela had been personally served with summons in the divorce matter.

On the 19th day of March, 1946, that court entered an…