A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 3 of 3

by George Elliott Howard

[545] Rev. Stat. of Del. (1893), 598. "In all other cases a divorce decreed in any other state or country" is valid: ibid., 598.

[546] Gen. Stat. of N. J. (1896), II, 1273; being act of March 7, 1889: Pub. Laws, 48. This law has existed in nearly the same form since 1820: see act of Feb. 16, 1820: Laws of the State (1821), 667.

[547] Gen. Stat. of N. J. (1896), II, 1273; being act of May 11, 1886: Pub. Laws, 345.

[548] Rev. Laws of Ind. (1831), 213.

[549] Ibid. (1838), 243.

[550] Gen. Laws (1849), 62.

[551] Rev. Stat. (1852), 234: of "which bona fide residence the affidavit of the petitioner shall be prima facie evidence."

[552] Laws of the State (1859), 108.

[553] Act of March 10: Laws (1873), 109; same in Rev. Stat. (1896), I, sec. 1031.

[554] Ter. Laws of Mich., I, 495.