Morton v. Morton
California Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the Superior Court of Napa County refusing to set aside a default judgment. E. D. Ham, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Belcher, C.
The plaintiff instituted this action in the superior court of Napa county to obtain a divorce from the defendant upon the ground of extreme cruelty. *444The complaint was filed September 25, 1895, and the summons was duly served on defendant October 14th thereafter. He failed to appear, and on November 11th judgment was entered dissolving the bonds of matrimony between the parties, and awarding the plaintiff permanent alimony in the sum of twenty dollars per month, and thirty-five dollars costs of suit. Defendant received at San Francisco, on November 20th, notice of the entry of the…
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