Supreme Court of Georgia, 1950

Chambers v. Chambers

Chambers v. Chambers
Supreme Court of Georgia · Decided April 10, 1950 · Atkinson
58 S.E.2d 814; 206 Ga. 796; 1950 Ga. LEXIS 567 (South Eastern Reporter, Second Series)

Chambers v. Chambers

Opinion

Atkinson, Presiding Justice.

A person who is non compos mentis, though not legally adjudged to be an insane person, is incapable of being legally served with a petition for divorce; and a judgment in an uncontested divorce suit which is predicated upon such service may be *797 set aside in a proceeding by a next friend. Code, §§ 110-709, 110-710; Perry v. Fletcher, 46 Ga. App. 450 (1) (167 S. E. 796); Henry & Co. v. Johnson, 178 Ga. 541 (5c) (173 S. E. 659).

' No. 17047. April 10, 1950. R. P. Johnston and Vester M. Ownby, for plaintiff in error. Martin McFarland and Roger H. Bell, contra.

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concur.

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