Waltz v. Waltz’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. ““The only question in this case is, whether an applicant for divorce must not only be a resident in good faith of the county at the time the application for divorce is instituted, but also at the time of the trial. “The statute is as follows: ‘Divorces may be decreed by the circuit courts of this state, on petition filed by any person who, at the time of the filing of such petition, shall have been a bona fide resident of the state one year previous to the filing of the same, and a resident of the county at the time of the filing such petition.’ Acts 1859, 108. “We suppose this statute does not admit of any interpretation different from its literal reading; that if the applicant was in good faith a resident, at the time named, non-residence at the time of trial would not prevent the court from acting in the premises.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hill v. Hill