Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-26
TROUBLES or YOUNG COUPLE
ENDED ~ ANOTHER 81.
voRcE AND WEDDING.
FIRST MRS. DAVIS HELPS
BY NOT MAKING RESISTANCE
First Wife Of Rsnis stonewaIl Davis,
Who Live. Near eeIoit, Wis, Aids
Lawyers Who Are Successful in Ef-
fort to Get Young coupIs Out Of
Their Prsdieamsnt.

Divorced at $3.50, and remarked at
$3.50 Monday evening were the closing
acts Of the unfortunate marital affairs
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Renie Stonewall Davis
into which they were unwittingly
thrown by Davis attorney, ]. NJ.
Whitaker. Late in the afternoon
Judge Cummings set aside the decree
of divorce Davis got from his first wife.
Mrs. Bernice Relph Davis, of near Be-
lott, Wis.
About 1880 in the evening, Davis was
granted a second license to marry Mrs.
Vera NJ. Davis, who as Miss Vera NJ.
Batesole, became the bride Of Davis
Jan. Z. Two hours later Rev. r.. B.
Davidson married the young couple a
second time at the home Of Mrs. Davis
uncle, John F. Batesole, sO4 West Ne
vada street. All is then again lovely
in the marital affairs of Mr.. and Mrs.
Davis.
First Mrs. Davis Consents.
The annulment of the first divorce
and the granting Of second divorce
to Renie Stonewall Davis followed
court action in which the first Mrs.
Davis, in Wisconsin. had a very Inn
portant part In fact it is very doubt
full II the decree of divorce that left
Davis free to be legally married to Mrs.
Vera NJ. Davis could have been
granted, at least not as quickly as it
was, had the first Mrs. Davis not
aided
Acting for her, Holt & Tankersley
filed motion to set aside the decree
Of divorce entered against their client.
The court did so over the objections
of Davis attorney.
First Wife Valves Time.
This formality having been disposed
of, and the decree Of divorce having
been set aside, the attorneys repre-
senting Mrs. Bernice Relph Davis en-
tered their clients written appearance
in the divorce case, and filed waiver
Of their client in which she consented
to action being taken on the petition
at once.
This left Davis attorney free to
prove up his case again, and get de-
cree Of divorce that would stand the
scrutiny Of the court. For tho few min
utes that interposed after the annul-
ment OF the first decree of divorce and
the issuance Of the second degree. Mr..
and Mrs. Davis were illegally married.
Had Separated For Time.
That Mr.. and Mrs. Davis had all
unintentionally and unwittingly got
their married relations into most
embarrassing tangle was evident by all
who were acquainted with the circurn-
stances. The first news the couple
had Of their predicament was when
story Of the case was printed in the
T.-R. Jan. IL. AS soon as they read
1t Mr.. and Mrs. Davis separated at
once. Mrs. Davis went to live with
relatives in the city
It was because Of their sympathy,
especially for Mrs. Davis. that attor-
neys Tor the first Mrs. Davis and Judge
Cummings sought to bring about a
legal divorce OF Davis witt, as little
friction and as great Gpeed as was pos
sible. For this reason the first Mrs.
Davis was appealed to. Attic she had
a petition for divorce on file in Wis
consin and wanted to get divorce
there and was hostile when she
learned Of the proceedings that had adj
vanced here without her knowledge.
she was finally induced to consent that
her husband should have decree here.
Service Was Defective.
This jolt to this young married
couple that forced the duplicate court
proceedings and marriage to get them
legally married again was all because
Davis attorney failed TO file an AMI
davit that Mrs. Davis was q non-resi.
dent Of Iowa and therefore service
could not be had upon her before the
notice of the CONNIE ncement of suit
was published in Gilman.
The court held that such failure COM
stituted faulty service and was ready
to set the decree aside as soon as the
facts were called to his attention. He
nercifully waited to give Mr.. and Mrs.
Davis and the lawyers time to arrange
matters for the best interest OF all.