Mosher v. Mosher

This is an appeal by a wife living in Massachusetts from a decree dismissing for want of jurisdiction her petition against her husband, a citizen and resident of Connecticut, for separate support, under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 209, § 32. There was no personal service upon the respondent, and he did not appear generally. Therefore there can be no decree binding upon him personally. Schmidt v. Schmidt, 280 Mass. 216. There is no minor child of the marriage. The petition did not seek any determination of the status of the petitioner as one entitled to freedom from "restraint on . . . personal…