In Gildersleeve v. Gildersleeve, 88 Conn. 689, 692, 92 A. 684, we held that an ex parte divorce granted in accordance with the laws of South Dakota, to a plaintiff domiciled in that State, would be given effect in our own courts as against a nonappearing Connecticut defendant.
In Cristilly v. Warner (87 Conn. 461) this act was construed in the particular under advisement, and the conclusion was reached that the Massachusetts act was penal in character.