Kelly v. Kelly

After obtaining a Nevada decree of divorce from the plaintiff, the defendant married the corespondent. The plaintiff then brought this action for divorce, predicating adultery on the fact of the second marriage.

Generally speaking, the principal question involved is the validity, so far as the plaintiff is concerned, of the Nevada decree, and more specifically, whether the plaintiff had so far participated in that action as to be bound thereby.

Service of process in the Nevada action was effected upon the plaintiff in California. It is not contended that she was a resident of Nevada or that the…