Lewis v. Lewis
Lewis v. Lewis
Opinion of the Court
This appeal here is from an order overruling a demurrer to a petition by a mother defendant inβ a divorce suit praying for a modification of a decree awarding the custody of an infant boy to the father incident to the decree of divorce in the suit instituted by the father against the mother.
The petition was filed after the decree was' signed by the Chancellor but before it was recorded. The decree was entered upon testimony taken Ex parte after decree pro con-fesso had been entered.
The allegations of the petition were insufficient to warrant the chancellor in giving the application serious consideration and presented material facts and circumstances not theretofore presented to the court sufficient to warrant- the chancellor in making an' order requiring the taking of further testimony upon which to determine whether or not the interest of the child would be best served by a modification of the order involved.
The order appealed from should be affirmed.
It is so ordered.
Affirmed.
Concurring Opinion
(Concurring) β The law applicable to cases like this was recently summarized by this Court in Frazier *463 v. Frazier, 147 Sou. Rep. 464. The petition was good as against a demurrer under the rule laid down in that case which controls the proposition to be decided here.
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