APPLICATION FOR DIVORCE.
QUESTION OF DOMICILE,
A case presenting peculiar features was heard in the Palmerston North Supreme Court on Saturday by Mr. Justice Ostler, when John Sato, a Japanese of Palmerston, petitioned for a divorce from Lavinia Sato, of Wanganui. Petitioner, who was represented by Mr. Cooper, advanced the reason for three years’ separation as grounds for the divorce, and stated in evidence that he had been married in 1917, and they had separated the following year. His Honour asked petitioner when he had come to New Zealand. Petitioner: In 1909.
Have you lived here ever since? —“Yes, except during the war. when I was in the Japanese Navy.” Where do you hope to die?— “Home.”
His Honour intimated to counsel that as his client was not domiciled in New Zealand he could not secure a divorce in the Dominion, and accordingly the petition' was dismissed.
Later counsel told His Honour that by “Home” petitioner had meant his home in New Zealand, and not Japan, and asked that the matter be reopened. His Honour intimated that the matter could be reopened on his return to Wellington.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3792, 15 May 1928, Page 2
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187APPLICATION FOR DIVORCE. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3792, 15 May 1928, Page 2
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