West v. West

This is an appeal from an order which vacated a judgment of divorce granted to Jamie Lee West because personal service was not made on the defendant, Nettie Lee West, and jurisdiction was not acquired by publication because there was evidence adduced at the hearing on the motion to vacate the divorce to show that reasonable diligence was not exercised in the attempt to effect personal service. We affirm the order of the trial court.

Jamie Lee West and Nettie Lee West were married in Alabama in either 1950 or 1952 (the record is contradictory in this respect). They lived together in Alabama for…