Dixon v. Dixon

Head, Justice.

1. The wife’s petition to vacate the divorce decree and reinstate the cause on the trial calendar is not based upon the provisions of Code § 30-101, as amended by section 1 of the act entitled “Revision of Divorce Laws” (Ga. L. 1946, pp. 90, 91), which requires that the - motion to vacate shall be filed. within thirty days- from the. date • of the decree. The wife’s petition is based upon fraud alleged to have been perpetrated upon the court and upon the wife by the husband.

2. A judgment obtained by fraud practiced on the defendant and on the court may be set aside and the…