Legal Opinion

Baker v. Baker

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided February 11, 1960No. 20725PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Mobley, Justice.

The exception is to a judgment of the Superior Court of Richmond County sustaining a general demurrer to a petition by Beatrice Johnston Baker to set aside the divorce decree granted on April 30, 1959, on a petition by-Oscar H. Baker against her in Richmond Superior Court. The plaintiff alleged that she was a nonresident of Richmond County, Georgia, living in Portland, Maine, at the time the divorce petition was brought; that service of the petition was never perfected upon her; and that for this reason the divorce decree .is null and void and should be set aside. Service of…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Cox v. PottsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1881
  2. Johnson v. ShurleySupreme Court of Georgia · 1877
  3. Millis v. MillisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1927
  4. Williams v. BattenSupreme Court of Georgia · 1923
  5. Harper v. Tennessee Chemical Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1927

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Watson v. WatsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
  2. Ahmad v. Excell Petroleum, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 2005
  3. Record Truck Line, Inc. v. HarrisonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1964
  4. Baker v. BakerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1961
  5. Baker v. BakerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1965

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