| Show ADA JUDGE DECLARES DECLARES- fEY t- t PICKFORD DIVORCE VALID J t f VI TA TAR SCORES R I A TI N IiII ngan Who Rendered Dee De- De ee e Throws Out Suit of Attorney General of the I State State to Make It Void NO Nevada ev June e 25 The The ef- ef b ot of the state attorney general to tote toto to te the divorce decree of or Mary Pick Pick- t tr m Owen Moore set aside failed tailed this afternoon afternoon when Dist Dis- Dis t Judge ge Langan granted a a. motion wash ash the summons In the proceedings 1 S e court held that while It was th state was a a. party JarlY to all an rc s as contended by the th general yet the state was red led ed by the tho trial Judge and not by attorney general As the decree been en n accepted by both plaintiff Defendant d defendant the court decided the thee I e was estopped from proceedings set seat et aside tho the decree court Is to bo be he 1 state supreme to o pass upon the decision At- At General l' l Fowler announced he hedl dl appeal and file a a. list of ot excepts ts tso o Jud Judge Langan's decision pre- pre Inary to that action any Y or of th the members member of or the bar baran an 31 western western Nevada we were e present at IY I Minden court when the decision t 1 rendered r dered TORY OF CASE tart tary r whoso whose divorce from R Moore was attacked by General General Leonard B. B Fowler of or ada Vada was granted ranted h her r decree at teen den d March 20 1020 1920 by District Igi rg Frank P. P p Langan and in a a. rt Uptime time married Douglas Fair Fair- tin Los Angeles Cal Cat at the tho divorce trial Miss 1 Pt Word rO ord d said she came camo to Nevada t. t arY IB 16 1920 for the benefit of ot Ih alth Sho She charged Moore with and cruelty Moore was not pent l ent- ent at the hearing and did not test alth although ugh on the day before was served with the summons in county In which Minden is sted Miss 1 testified she J not t know Moore was in Nevada th the time Following I the divorce 1 tt the state TE MOVES fearly one month later on April Jl 1820 20 after atter Miss lIss Pickford and were married Fowler filed flied action here hero asking that tho the decree set aside In the Interests of ot tho the teT tarot t Nevada Ho lie charged Moore with fraud and declared Judge Langan had Jurisdiction In tho the case as both resided In Los Angeles lithe decree was colorable said Fald principals held the tho Nevada court c urt utter contempt and charged that m of or Miss Pickford and thanks was part of ot a a. fraudulent n by the tho defendants or ore he ho alleged came to Douglas nty solely to submit to service of ot summons Tho The attorney generals general's lo ion was was predicated he declared on principle that the state reserves rest rest In nil all divorce cases cases I ARGUMENT ti for Miss lIss anred anred anred an- an red the tho attorney generals general's charges f asked that the suit be he set aside y asserted the attorney general ino iIno authority under Nevada laws bring his action and declared that lh J principle le on which the tho states state's t Iwas as predicated was sustained the y general could review all nil dlce dl- dl ce cases tried In Nevada The dese de de- se counsel said no one case could found as precedent for tor Fowlers Fowler's ion ions on The Tho right of ot review which attorney general said ho he held was d The Tho state it was claimed represented at the tho trial by the rt and the courts court's action in grant- grant divorce was final They also I that hat the divorce was legal In InI insY I sY way that the re residence re- re j Continued on page 6 6 N a al r to N I L MARY PICKFORD I 9 p t lY t w i. i 4 jl 7 2 a i a db t th h t y ta tay y i r bb lN k J i MOVIE STAR SCORES Continued from page 1 I had been lived ind up to and claimed there Utere was no collusion be between between between be- be tween Miss Miss Pickford and Moore Dougie Says Decision n Makes Him Very Happy LOS ANGELES June 25 Ua Mary 25 Man Pickford ford the validity of whose di divorce divorce divorce di- di vorce from Owen Moore was upheld today at MInden Nev Nov was Informed o of the decision upon receipt of or the Associated Press dispatches here but sent word she preferred to have her husband Douglas Fairbanks speak concerning the matter Miss 1 Pickford PIckford Pickford Pick- Pick ford was married to Mr 11 Fairbanks shortly after the entry of the Nevada Nevada Ne Ne- vada decree The report con concerning the outcome outcome out out- come of the litigation In Nevada is v very gratifying t tU tta both Miss Tick Pick for forn new ford n w in w Mrs l and and myself myself myself my my- self said Mr Ir Fairbanks s. s We Ve deem deem it best not to comment at length but the ruling makes us very very happy |
