Koonin Ex Rel. Hornsby v. Hornsby

ROVER, Chief Judge.

Appellant through a next friend filed a petition praying that her marriage to ap-pellee be declared null and void on the ground that the latter had a former wife living from whom he had never been divorced. The petition was dismissed without prejudice for appellant’s failure to satisfy the jurisdictional requirements set forth in Code 1951, § 16-401.

In June 1956 appellant, a minor, came to this city, where she has been employed by ¿one of the agencies of the Federal Government. She resided with friends in the District until October of the same year when ghe married the…