DIVORCE CASE.
At the Court of Session, on January 7, before Lord Currrehill, there was an action of |diTprce f - s Eergusson v. Fergusson, for des«ri;ioni y at the instance of Margaret ; Brown, or Ifergusson,; against James Jfergusson, M.1)., lately residing in Mpffat, was heard. (From the evidence it appeared-that the defender left this jcountryfor New Zealand in 1865, and thereafter; kept; Tip. correspondence with the pursuer, which correspondence, however/ entirely ceased in 1869, The Lord Ordinary (Gifford),on the evidence adduced, was of opinion that intimation of the action should be made by letter sent to the d< fender's last known address in Australia, where he had gone, and accordingly he ordered this to be done in June last, and sisted consideration of the case till the lapse of six months, from 26th June List. .No answer was returned to the letter sent to the defender, and accordingly the Lord Ordinary "(Curriebill, who succeeded Lord Gifford) wasimoved to resume consideration of the case with a viow to judgment. : His. lordship made avizandum accord- ' ingly; and has pronounced an interlocutor, divorcing and separating the defender from the pursuer in terms of the conclu- j sions of the summons and finding her entitled to expenses.
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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 1941, 24 March 1875, Page 4
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