DIVORCE LAW.
i A TECHNICAL QUESTION KAISm"; Sydney, September 11. -j Mr. Justice Simpson ill the Divoroe j Court raised the question whether I proof of service upon a party to a div- * orce suit residing in New Zealand could j bo accepted by fclie Court. It bad been ,'i the practice of the Court for man/'J years, lie said, to have petitions served 1 upon people beyond the jurisdiction of| the Court. The time had come when," tho Court should decide whether that.' was a correct practice. As far as the Court was concerned, a man in New i Zealand was as much a foreigner as if - lie resided in a villogu in France, tt tlie practice were not legal, it would-' bar a great many divorces, and, if in ' future that point were argu«d and • ; higher Court decided that there was • no jurisdiction, tie decision would hivalidate hundreds of divorces that had been granted. j.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 222, 12 September 1908, Page 2
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157DIVORCE LAW. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 222, 12 September 1908, Page 2
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