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WILLIAMSON v. OSENTON

No. 634.

232 U.S. 619 (1914)

34 S.Ct. 442

58 L.Ed. 758

WILLIAMSON v. OSENTON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 9, 1914.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. W.E. Chilton, Mr. A.O. Bacon and Mr. S.W. Walker for Williamson.

Mr. R.G. Linn, Mr. Connor Hall and Mr. C. Beverley Broun for Osenton.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This case comes here upon the certified question whether the plaintiff, when she began this suit, was a citizen of Virginia in such sense as to be entitled to maintain her action in the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of West Virginia. The plaintiff, (the defendant in error), at that time was the wife of a citizen of West Virginia, but, in consequence of his adultery as she alleged...

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