Walker v. Walker
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from the Tenth Judicial District Court, Clark County; Wm. E. Orr, Judge. Suit by Emily Hartley Walker against • Orlando F. Walker. From a decree for complainant, defendant appeals. The trial court was without jurisdiction, for the reason that respondent had not been a bona-fide resident at the time of the commencement of the action. The courts have only such j urisdiction as has been conferred by the legislature.
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Appeal from the Tenth Judicial District Court, Clark County; Wm. E. Orr, Judge. Suit by Emily Hartley Walker against • Orlando F. Walker. From a decree for complainant, defendant appeals. The trial court was without jurisdiction, for the reason that respondent had not been a bona-fide resident at the time of the commencement of the action. The courts have only such j urisdiction as has been conferred by the legislature. The law favors marriage as the most important of the domestic relations, but allows its dissolution only under such restrictions as the legislature may deem best for the…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Sanders, C. J.:
This appeal is taken by the husband from a decree of divorce granted his wife upon the ground of extreme cruelty inflicted upon her during the coverture. We are asked to reverse the decree upon the grounds: First, that the court was without jurisdiction of the subject-matter of the action, for the reason that the wife came from her home in Rockford, 111., to the State of Nevada for the sole purpose of obtaining a divorce, and with the intention of returning when she had accomplished her purpose; and, second, that the charges of cruelty are not sustained by the…
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