Mabel Flora Murphy Vs. James Lloyd Murphy

divorce - jurisdiction-permanent residence-indian divorce act (iv of 1869), section 3 (1)- 'last resided together'.;in a petition for dissolution of marriage, whore the husband and wife had no permanent residence, but last lived together in an hotel at bombay for the greater portion of a month, the husband being then on leave from active service in mesopotamia: -;that there was a sufficient residence within the meaning of the ant to give the court jurisdiction to entertain the suit. bright v. bright (1909) i.l.r. 36 cal. 964 followed.;flowers v. flowers (1910) i.l.r. 32 all. 203 and wadia v. wadia (1913) i.l.r. 38 bom. 125 : 15 bom. l.r. 593 distinguished. - - 964, where he held that residence at the grand hotel at calcutta for about a fortnight satisfied the conditions of the act......they went to stay at moimt abu.3. the first point that arises is the question of jurisdiction as to whether the case is brought in a court within the jurisdiction of which the parties last resided together. now, that point was considered by mr. justice fletcher in bright v. bright i.l.r. (1909) cal. 964, where he held that residence at the grand hotel at calcutta for about a fortnight satisfied the conditions of the act. the learned judge in that case relied on the fact that the husband and wife never had a permanent residence, that the husband was engaged as an engineer on the railway, and that his habitation seemed to be changed very frequently. that, of course, applies with still greater force in the present case where the husband is in the army, and in the army during the period of the war. the residence here in bombay was substantially longer than that in mr. justice fletcher's case. and i think that on the whole i may hold that there was a sufficient residence here within the meaning of the act to found the necessary jurisdiction on.4. in saying that i have not overlooked the case of arthur flowers v. minnie flowers i.l.r. (1910) all. 203; but there, as appears at page 205, there was a temporary sojourn for a day or two. similarly, i think, the case of nusserwanjee wadia v. eleonora wadia i.l.r. (1913) bom. 125 : 15 bom. l.r. 593, is distinguishable. that was a ease under an earlier section of the act as to residence. but here both the parties were within the jurisdiction when the petition was. served on the respondent. i think, therefore, so far as the question of jurisdiction is concerned, the case is in order.5. [his lordship then dealt with the merits of the case and in the end passed a decree for the dissolution of the marriage. ]