Ex Parte Kay

While it has sometimes been said that the state or the public is interested in every suit for divorce, and that courts in granting or denying divorces have regard for the public interest in a general sense (Spafford v. Spafford, 199 Ala. 300, 308, 74 So. 354, L. R. A. 1917D, 773; Fisher v. Fisher, 95 Md. 315, 52 A. 898, 93 Am. St. Rep. 334; 9 R. C. L. 409, § 208), yet, when a decree of divorce has been duly rendered by a court having jurisdiction of the subject-matter and of the parties, it differs in no respect from other decrees and judgments. It is conclusive upon the parties, and equally…