Gray v. Gray

Kenna, Judge:

This is a divorce proceeding, the appeal having been granted to the final decree of the Circuit Court of Randolph County entered on the 31st day of August, 1937, awarding to the complainant, P. L. Gray, an absolute divorce from the respondent, Helen Gray, on the ground of habitual drunkenness subsequent to the marriage. The question of the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court of Randolph County is the sole problem with which we are concerned upon this appeal.

Until approximately the middle of December, 1935, both the husband and wife were non-residents of the State of West Virginia.…