Legal Opinion
Jackson v. Jackson
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided December 2, 1975No. 30456PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Undercofler, Presiding Justice.
Bessie Portress Jackson filed a complaint in equity against her former husband, Curtis Andrew Jackson, and the sheriff and a deputy sheriff of DeKalb County, Georgia, seeking to set aside a judgment in a divorce suit entered in May, 1975. The complainant contends that she was never legally served with the divorce proceedings, did not waive service, and did not appear and plead in such proceedings; that the DeKalb County court never acquired jurisdiction over her; and that she has no adequate remedy at law.
The former husband answered the complaint and denied its…
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