Perry v. District Court of the Seventh Judicial District of the State of Nevada ex rel. County of Esmeralda
Nevada Supreme Court
Petition for certiorari to review an order vacating and setting aside decree for divorce by Edward Alston Perry against the District Court of the Seventh Judicial District of the State of Nevada, in and for the County of Esmeralda, J. Emmett Walsh, Judge of said court, and Lucy Land Perry.
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Petition for certiorari to review an order vacating and setting aside decree for divorce by Edward Alston Perry against the District Court of the Seventh Judicial District of the State of Nevada, in and for the County of Esmeralda, J. Emmett Walsh, Judge of said court, and Lucy Land Perry. The district court exceeded its jurisdiction in making the order setting aside the judgment rendered October 27, 1914, as the motion to set aside the decree of divorce was not made until approximately eight months after the rendition of the judgment. When is a judgment rendered? “Where the statute refers to…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Coleman, J.:
This is a proceeding in certiorari. Petitioner obtained a decree of divorce in respondent court on December 31, 1914, against Lucy Land Perry. Thereafter the defendant in the divorce action, through her attorney, moved *287the court to set aside the decree granting the divorce. Numerous grounds were urged as a basis for the motion. The court set a date for the hearing of the motion, notice of which was served upon the attorney who represented the plaintiff in the divorce action. Upon the bearing the court entered an order vacating and setting-aside the decree mentioned.…
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