Supreme Court of New Hampshire April 1, 1902 (Burgess v. Burgess)

Per Curiam.

The question in this case was decided in 1885, in

Kimball

v.

Kimball,

63 N. H. 598, and the construction then put upon the statute in question ( Laws 1883,

c.

14 ) was adopted by the legislature in 1891 by re-enactment without change. P. S.,

c.

175,

s.

3;

Parsons

v.

Durham,

70 N. H. 44, 45. Consent cannot confer jurisdiction where none exists.