New York Court of Appeals

May Williams, Respondent v. Cornelius Williams, Appellant

December 1, 1891130 N.Y. 193

Summary

The New York Court of Appeals affirmed the lower court's judgment, holding that the Minnesota divorce decree was void in New York because there was no personal service or appearance, that the wife did not desert her husband, that the husband had no cause of action for desertion, and that the trial court correctly excluded the out‑of‑state decree as evidence.