Dahne

Petition for mandate to compel the superior court of the county of San Diego to hear and determine the application of Louise B. Dahne made for the purpose of securing to her in a divorce action against Eugenio Dahne an allowance to cover attorney’s fees, court costs, and alimony pendente lite. This petitioner filed her complaint in due form in the superior court, alleging, among other things, that she had resided in the state for one year and in the county of San Diego for ninety- days next preceding the commencement of her action; and further set forth that she was without means or money with which to prosecute the action. The complaint was duly verified. The matter of her application for the allowance referred to first coming on to be heard, the defendant filed a demurrer, alleging among other grounds that the court had no jurisdiction over his person. He also made a motion to quash the service of summons and dismiss the action on the ground that he was not a resident of the state of California, but was a resident of Brazil, and that he was in the state of California for a temporary purpose as representative of the department of agriculture, industry, and commerce of the…