LEWIS v. LEWIS

Docket No. L.A. 24322.

49 Cal.2d 389 (1957)

317 P.2d 987

GERTRUDE LEWIS, Appellant, v. ULYSSES LEWIS, Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

November 19, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brock, Easton, Fleishman & Rykoff and Robert L. Brock for Appellant.

Sidney A. Cherniss and Louis Miller for Respondent.


TRAYNOR, J.

The parties were husband and wife and were domiciled in Illinois. In 1944, the husband, defendant herein, brought an action for divorce in an Illinois court. The wife, plaintiff herein, answered and cross-complained for separate maintenance. Defendant answered the cross-complaint. Thereafter, he established his domicile in Nevada and, on August 27, 1947, brought an action for divorce in a court of that state, disclosing the pendency of the Illinois action...

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