Parker v. Cowan

'This suit for the annulment of the marriage contract,' entered into between the parties in February, 1923, rests principally upon the insistence that the decree of divorce granted respondent from her former husband is void. In the divorce proceedings respondent here was complainant, and her husband was made a party thereto by publication as one whose place of residence was unknown, and no appearance was entered.

The bill for divorce in the original cause, which was filed in July, 1920, alleged that “the defendant is a nonresident of the state of Alabama, and his residence is not known to…