Pignatelli v. Pignatelli

This is an action for a judicial separation and for a declaratory judgment declaring plaintiff to be defendant’s lawful wife and declaring void a decree of divorce obtained by the defendant in Nevada. Plaintiff, an American citizen, and defendant, a subject of the Kingdom of Italy, were married in this country in 1925. They lived together until 1935, when they separated. In 1937 defendant procured a divorce from plaintiff in Nevada. A day later he married another woman. The validity of the Nevada divorce is now contested. Defendant did not testify at the trial.

The defendant contends (1) that…