Bassett

Plaintiff brought an action to recover on two judgments. The district court ordered that the action be dismissed. Plaintiff appeals.

During the month of August, 1934, defendant William Bassett and plaintiff Margaret Bassett were husband and wife residing in the State of New York. It appears that the husband left that state during August, 1934, and established his residence in the State of Nevada. Thereafter, on August 30, 1934, the wife sued the husband in the New York Supreme Court (trial court) for separate maintenance and subsequently obtained a judgment which provided for a monthly payment to her for her support and maintenance. The judgment was subsequently modified by reducing the amount of the monthly payment. On April 5, 1941, a judgment was entered in the New York court for unpaid support or alimony in the sum of $3,900.00, and, on August 1, 1941, a similar judgment was entered in- the sum of $760.65 and $10.00 costs.

An absolute divorce from Margaret Bassett was granted to William Bassett by a competent court of the State of Nevada on June 5, 1939. Substituted service on Margaret Bassett according to the Nevada law was accomplished by delivering a summons and certified…