Kuphal v. Kuphal

The special guardian for the defendant moves, as it was his duty to do. under the circumstances, to dismiss the complaint on the grounds that the court has no jurisdiction either of the person of the defendant or of the subject-matter of the action.

The action was brought allegedly to annul, but in reality to dissolve, a marriage on the ground of the defendant’s incurable insanity. The facts are undisputed. The parties, then residents of the State of New Jersey, were married there in June, 1920. They continued to live there as man and wife until February, 1932, when the defendant, with…