Vaux v. Vaux

Complainant sued out of the Bergen county circuit court a writ of attachment against the defendant, Maurice Vaux. Before the defendant appeared, the circuit court, pursuant to the Transfer of Causes act (P.L. 1912 p. 417; Cum. Supp. Comp. Stat. p.2833), ordered the cause transferred to chancery. The reason for the transfer, recited in the order, was "that the plaintiff is and was at the time of the issuance of the said writ of attachment, the wife of the defendant herein and that by reason thereof, this court was without jurisdiction to entertain such suit and such relief as the plaintiff may…