Laws v. Laws

Defendant’s sole assignment of error is that Judge Ervin erred in overruling defendant’s motion to set aside the judgment of divorce, affirming said judgment, and dismissing his appeal.

Defendant contends that the District Court was without authority to hear plaintiff’s divorce action without (1) calendaring the same for trial, or (2) providing defendant with actual notice of the trial.

Although in most counties printed calendars of civil cases to be tried are prepared, we find nothing in the statutes or rules that make this a requirement in the trial courts. In fact, Rule 22 of the Superior…