State Ex Rel. Haun v. Hoffman

Because of the interest of the public in the preservation of the marital status, divorce suits are accorded-different treatment from ordinary civil actions, and it becomes the duty of a court in such cases to be vigilant against collusion and to see that there is compliance with the applicable statutes. 14 Ohio Jurisprudence, 377, Section 3; 20 Ann. Cas., 341. Divorce, of course, is entirely a statutory matter.

Since the early case of Harter v. Harter, 5 Ohio, 318, the courts of Ohio have been prone to give a strict construction- to the divorce laws and have held that the statutes relating to…