Wheelock v. Superior Court

Petitioner was defendant in a divorce action pending before respondent court, in which an interlocutory decree of divorce was entered in favor of the plaintiff, Mary Katherine Wheelock, on April 8, 1922, and in which, on Mrs. Wheelock’s motion a final 'decree was entered on June 14, 1923. On December 14, 1923, which it will be observed, was exactly six months after the date of entry of the final decree, Mrs. Wheelock filed in the office of the clerk of respondent court, under the title of the divorce action, a certain paper which was headed “Motion.” This paper began thus: “Comes now the…