Sherwin v. Sherwin
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the Seventh Judicial District of the State of Nevada, Esmeralda County; Peter J. Somers, Judge. Action by Billy E. Sherwin against Minerva Sherwin. From an order denying defendant’s motion to open a default and set aside a judgment of divorce, defendant appeals. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Norcross, C. J.:
This is an order from an appeal denying the motion of the defendant, appellant herein, to open a default and to to set aside a judgment and decree dissolving the bonds of matrimony existing between the above-named parties. The above-named respondent instituted a proceeding for divorce in the First (now Seventh) Judicial District Court in and for the County of Esmeralda on the 10th day of October, 1908. Upon the same day, he duly procured an order for the service of summons by publication, which order also directed that a copy of the complaint and summons be mailed…
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