United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Dunbar
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Haul, Judge.
The board concluded that Mrs. Newton was not entitled to compensation because the divorce was in effect on the date of the deceased’s death, reasoning that the decree of divorce was voidable and had not at that time been set aside, and that Mrs. Newton’s children therefore were not entitled to compensation as stepchildren.
It is true that extrinsic fraud in the procurement of a judgment renders the judgment voidable rather than void (Alabama Great Southern R. Co. v. Hill, 139 Ga. 224, 228 (76 SE 1001, 43 LRA (NS) 236, AC 1914D 996)); and a judgment of a court of competent…
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