STATE v. SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT

No. 3671

232 P.2d 397 (1951)

STATE ex rel. HOFFMAN v. SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT et al.

Supreme Court of Nevada

June 15, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis Mead Dixon, of Reno, for Relator.

Sullivan & Sullivan, of Reno, for Respondents.


MERRILL, Justice.

This is an original proceeding in prohibition challenging jurisdiction of respondent court to proceed with an action for divorce. The sole question presented is whether, under our statutes, accrual of the cause of action for divorce within the county confers jurisdiction for divorce in the absence of residence by the parties.

On March 5, 1951, a suit for divorce was filed before respondent court by Georgia R. Hoffman, wife of relator. Paragraph...

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