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ELIZABETH TURNBULL or PURVES (Court of Session)

[1840] ScotCS 15_1839_SC_facdec_1569Court of Session1840

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EDICTAL CITATION.—DIVORCE.—WILFUL DESERTION.—A wife regularly pursued for and obtained decree of adherence against her husband. Thereafter she raised an action of divorce against him for wilful desertion. Held, that edictal citation against the husband in that action was sufficient.

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ELIZABETH TURNBULL or PURVES (Court of Session)

[1840] ScotCS 15_1839_SC_facdec_1569Court of Session1840

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