PLACE v. PLACE

No. 135-70.

278 A.2d 710 (1971)

Mary Elizabeth PLACE b/n/f Gertrude M. Piluski v. David Wesley PLACE.

Supreme Court of Vermont, Windham.

June 1, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vermont Legal Aid, Inc., John A. Dooley, III., Burlington, for plaintiff.

James M. Jeffords, Atty. Gen., and Martin K. Miller, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

Before HOLDEN, C. J., and SHANGRAW, BARNEY, SMITH and KEYSER, JJ.


BARNEY, Justice.

On its face the libel for divorce showed that the libellant had been a resident of Vermont for about three months at the time the action was brought. 15 V.S.A. § 592 required that a libellant be a resident for six months before a libel could be brought. The libellee moved to dismiss on that ground below, and the motion was granted. However, the lower court did not enter a judgment of dismissal based on its ruling, but certified the question here...

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