Fisk v. Fisk
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from tbe Seventh District Court, Carbon County.— lion. Jacolo Johnson, Judge. Action for divorce. From a decree in favor of the defendant, the plaintiff appealed. The question raised by this appeal upon the record is: Can a court in this State grant a divorce to a non-resident? So far as the appellant is advised, this question has never been before this court for consideration.
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Appeal from tbe Seventh District Court, Carbon County.— lion. Jacolo Johnson, Judge. Action for divorce. From a decree in favor of the defendant, the plaintiff appealed. The question raised by this appeal upon the record is: Can a court in this State grant a divorce to a non-resident? So far as the appellant is advised, this question has never been before this court for consideration. Section 1208, Revised Statutes 1898, provides as follows: “Proceedings in divorce shall be commenced and conducted in the manner provided by law for proceedings in civil cases, except as hereinafter provided,…
1Opinion of the CourtMiner, C. J.
F. E. Eisk filed his complaint in the district court of Carbon county against his wife, the defendant, Gr. Allie Fisk, asking for a decree of divorce on the ground of desertion. The defendant, a non-resident of the State,, was personally served with summons, appeared in the action, and answered, admitting the marriage, and that the plaintiff was a resident of the State of Utah, but denied the alleged desertion. By way of counterclaim the defendant, in her answer, alleged the residence of the plaintiff to have been in the State of Utah for more than one year, and also alleged the marriage of…
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