Legal Opinion
Scott v. Scott
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided June 14, 1941No. 13712PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Jenkins, Justice.
A wife in her petition for divorce, filed in July, 1940, in Crisp County, alleged that both she and her husband were residents of that county, but that he was then in Worth County serving a sentence in the penitentiary. She prayed that 'process be issued and “a second original be issued to be served upon the defendant in Worth County, by reason of his temporary residence and confinement” there. No order as to service was taken. The clerk issued a second original process, directed to the sheriff and his deputies of Worth County, on which a deputy sheriff of that county entered…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Cox v. StricklandSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
- Stallings v. StallingsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1907
- Simpson v. BradleySupreme Court of Georgia · 1939
- Devereux v. Atlanta Railway & Power Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1900
- Sims v. SimsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1910
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Bernard H. Tabor v. William H. Hardwick, Warden, U. S. Penitentiary, Atlanta, GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
- Radcliffe v. Boyd Motor Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1973
- Heard v. CaldwellDistrict Court, S.D. Georgia · 1973
- Cooper v. EdwardsCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
- Williams v. Department of Human ResourcesCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1979
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