Wyman

The appellant and appellee, who, for convenience, will sometimes be referred to as the husband and the wife, intermarried at Greenwich, Connecticut, February 20, 1920. There were no children as a result of the union. The husband alleges that on or about October 25, 1932, he became a resident of the County of Washoe, State of Nevada, and, alleging extreme cruelty, filed in that state on December 12, 1932, a suit for divorce from the appellant. On the same day he filed an “Affidavit for Publication of Summons” in said action, in which he set forth that the defendant therein, Hazel C. Wyman, was a resident of Westhampton Beach, Long Island, New York, and in which permission was requested to make service of the summons by means of publication and mailing or, in lieu thereof, that personal service of said summons upon the defendant outside of the State of Nevada should be the equivalent of completed service by publication and deposit in the post office. An order granting the request was signed by a judge of the court in which the complaint was filed. Personal service of the summons is claimed to have been made on the wife December 15, 1932. Hazel C. Wyman did not answer or appear, and…