A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 3 of 3Howard, George Elliott
History
A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 3 of 3
Howard, George Elliott
Families; Marriage -- History
[309] _Code of Tenn._ (1884), 612; SHANNON, _Code_ (1896), 1044
n. 2. Earlier the condition was citizenship and residence for one
year: Act of Oct. 26, 1799: SCOTT, _Laws_ (1821), I, 647; same in
1835, except the petitioner may have been absent on business or
for health: CARUTHERS AND NICHOLSON, _Compilation_ (1836), 260;
also see 5 _Yerg._, 203. A male citizen bringing suit for divorce
must give bond and security for costs: _Acts_ (1891), chap. 221,
p. 433. On divorce in a foreign state see 3 _Lea_, 260.
[310] _Code of Md._ (1888), I, 144; _cf._ _Laws_ (1841-42), chap.
262; _Laws_ (1843), chap. 287; _Laws_ (1886), chap. 10.
[311] _Laws_ (1814), chap. 5; HAYWOOD, _Manual_ (1819), 177;
_Laws_ (1821), II, 1294, 1295.
[312] _Code of N. C._ (1883), I, 575. See WRIGHT, _Report_, 83;
_Pub. Laws_ (1903), 846.
[313] The plaintiff must also be a _bona fide_ resident of the
state: _Rev. Civil Stat. of Tex._ (1888), I, 886; _Ann. Civil
Stat._ (1897), I, 1097.
[314] By act of Congress, May 25, 1896: _Stat. at Large_, XXIX,
136, not less than one year's previous residence in any of the
territories is required to entitle the plaintiff to bring suit
for divorce. See _Rev. Stat. of Ariz._ (1901), 813; _Acts of N.
M._ (1901), 117; WILSON, _Stat. of Okla._ (1903), II, 1119.
[315] _Rev. Stat. of Mo._ (1889), I, 1030; _ibid._ (1899), I,
742, 743. This provision for residence appears in the statutes
from 1835 onward: _Rev. Stat._ (1835), 225; _ibid._ (1845), 427;
_ibid._ (1879), 361; and the period is one year by the act of May
13, 1807; _Laws of Pub. and Gen. Nature_ (1842), I, 92.
[316] _Digest of Ark._ (1894), 681; _Ann. Stat. of Ind. Ter._
(1899), 325. The statute does not contemplate "constructive"
residence; and applies to limited as well as absolute divorce:
see Wood _v._ Wood, 54 _Ark._, 172; 15 _S. W._, 459.
[317] _Rev. Stat. and Codes of Porto Rico_ (1902), 814.
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