Sindowski v. Sindowski

Citations

• 25 Del. 547
• 2 Boyce 547
• 84 A. 805
• 1911 Del. LEXIS 86

Syllabus

<p>Divorce — Allegations of Petition — Residence of Parties.</p> <p>The petition in a divorce action alleged that defendant, “being at this time domiciled in the City of Wilmington, on or about the twelfth day of September, A. D. 1909, and continuously from that time, also divers other times previous thereto,” was guilty of habitual drunkenness, such as to endanger the life and health of plaintiff, and to make cohabitation with her unsafe. Held, that the petition was insufficient, and did not show compliance with Divorce Act (Laws 1906, c. 221) § 9, requiring one of the parties to the action on such grounds to have been for two years a bona fide resident of the state.</p>