The Court of Appeals of that State has held that, under its statutes, a wife residing in the State was entitled to obtain a decree of divorce against a husband who had left the State, or who had never been within it; and Chief Justice Robertson said: "It would be a reproach to our legislation if a faithless husband in Kentucky could, by leaving the State, deprive his abandoned …

Many divorces have been granted in this State, in suits where the defendants were before the court by constructive service 26 26 Fifth Annual Meeting of process only, and the decrees have been sustained by our Court of Appeals

Doubtless, according to the proceedings had in that action in the territorial jurisdiction of Kentucky, the judgment would be efficient

—it was held that, the husband having left this State, his wife had a right to sue him for a divorce in the county of her resi dence.

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