England v. England

A divorce decree obtained by the respondent in this case in the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, Hillsborough County, Florida, is a determination or a public act of a sister State, and under section 1 of article 4 of the Constitution of the United States, full faith and credit is to be given to the decree. To accord full faith and credit to a decree issuing out of a court of competent jurisdiction of a sister State, that court must have jurisdiction of the subject matter and of the persons. Where a court fails to obtain proper jurisdiction and it is so established, section 1 of article 4 of the…