Locke v. Locke
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Petition for Divorce. On respondent’s motion to set aside the decree and reinstate the case for trial.
1Opinion of the CourtTillinghast, J.
This is a motion to set aside the decree entered in said case on the 9th day of May, 1894, and reinstate the case on the docket for trial, on the ground that the defendant had no notice of the pendency thereof. The facts which appear of record are these: On February 9 th, 1894, the plaintiff filed in this court a petition for divorce- against the defendant on the ground of adultery, upon which petition a citation was duly issued returnable on the fourth Monday of April, 1894; that said citation was duly served upon the defendant February 16th, 1894, by a deputy sheriff by reading the same to…
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