Hopkins v. Hopkins

I concur with my brother These parties lived in the state of New York at the time the fact took place on which the application is grounded. Since that time the libellant has removed into this county, leaving his wife at her former place of resi dence. The statute which gives to this Court its jurisdiction in this class of cases, expressly limits that jurisdiction to the court holden for the county where the parties live. (Certainly it cannot be said that these parties live in this county.) I am disposed to give this statute a liberal construction ; and therefore if the parties had dwelt here…