Welge v. Welge

OPINION

By THE COURT:

This is an appeal from a judgment granting a divorce to the plaintiff and awarding alimony.

The answer of the defendant contains a general denial, which includes a denial of the jurisdictional fact that the plaintiff had been a resident of the State for one year and of the county for 30 days immediately preceding the filing of the petition. The decree contains a finding of the existence of the jurisdictional facts, but the bill of exceptions, certified to as containing all the evidence, shows no evidence on the subject of residence. The judgment must be reversed for lack of…