Elwell v. Elwell

The proofs conclusively establish that the defendant, without just or lawful cause, excluded his wife from their home in New Jersey, and I should have no hesitancy in decreeing separation were it not for the question of jurisdiction that arises under section 1763 of the Code of Civil Procedure. The facts bearing upon this feature of the case may be stated as follows: The parties | were married in 1888 in Paris, France. They became resi-1 dents of this State in 1885, and continued as such residents for nearly nineteen years. In 1904 they removed to the State of New Jersey, where they both…