Routledge v. Githens

This is a suit to declare a marriage void. The complaint avers that the defendant woman was married to one Githens at Vancouver, Washington, June 28, 1915. This is denied. The plaintiff goes on to state substantially that the defendant, about March 30, 1917, instituted a suit in Wasco County, of this state, against Githens to obtain a divorce from him. The plaintiff here claims there was no jurisdiction conferred upon the Wasco County Circuit Court to render any decree in that suit because at the time the plaintiff resided in Multnomah County, and there was no appearance by the defendant in…