Driver v. Driver

Appellee was granted a divorce. The only error assigned on the record as originally filed is the overruling of appellant’s motion for a new trial.

The bill of exceptions containing the evidence fails to show that the two witnesses who were called upon to prove *89appellee’s residence were resident freeholders and householders of this State. Proof of 'the qualification of these witnesses was prerequisite to the court’s jurisdiction to determine the cause. Section 1031 R. S. 1881 and Horner 1897, §1043 Burns 1894; Powell v. Powell, 53 Ind. 513; Prettyman v. Prettyman, 125 Ind. 149; Brown v. Brown,…