Atkins v. Atkins

LAWSON, Justice.

The appeal is from a final decree of the circuit court of Walker County, in equity.

Dewey Atkins, the appellant, and Vivian Smith Atkins, the appellee, were married in Harlan County, Kentucky, on July 2, 1937.

On October 25, 1943, the appellant, Dewey Atkins, secured a' decree of divorce from his wife, Vivian Smith Atkins, appellee, in the County court of Walker County, in equity, on the ground of adultery. In his bill for divorce filed on August 16, 1943, Dewey Atkins averred that “the respondent’s place of residence is unknown and last place she was at was in Virginia.”…