Chambers v. Chambers

Plaintiff has appealed from an order dismissing with prejudice his complaint for divorce. The grounds alleged in support of his prayer for relief are those of extreme cruelty and constructive desertion. The defendant, appellee here, answered the complaint denying the allegations thereof. One of the defenses interposed in her answer consisted of a motion to dismiss the complaint on the ground that the court lacked jurisdiction over the subject matter of the cause in that the issues upon which plaintiff sought relief had been formerly adjudicated in a proceeding theretofore litigated in the…