Pittman v. Pittman

This is an appeal from an order of the district court overruling a motion of the defendant, Ward Pittman, to vacate and set aside a decree of divorce obtained by Estella Pittman, plaintiff, by default, and to allow the defendant to file an answer in the divorce action.

The history essential to an understanding of the matters presented by the appeal herein is the following as shown by the record.

On June 6, 1946, plaintiff filed a petition for divorce in the district court wherein she charged the defendant in general terms with cruelty. In the prayer she prayed for divorce, the restoration of…