Hemken v. Ludewig

In order to understand the bearing of the plea to the jurisdiction of the court, a qua, upon which the defendant’s counsel has insisted before us, and on which, we think, this case must be disposed of, it is necessary to give a statement of the grounds upon which this action is based, and of the nature of the relief which was sought at the hands of the court from whose judgment said defendant has appealed.

The plaintiff represents in his petition, that Ludewig died intestate, leaving a vacant estate which was opened as such, and that his wife, the defendant, who renounced the marriage…