Mansfield v. Mansfield
Supreme Court of Missouri
Error to Jasper Circuit Court. I. The court erred in permitting the bill of review to be entertained and in setting aside the judgment. (R. C. 1855, p. 666, sec. 14.) I. The petition did not state sufficient ground for divorce. A final decree was improperly taken at the first term. The decree for divorce was obtained by fraud. (See Vanmeter v. Jones’ Exec’rs, 2 Green Ch. 523; Loyd v. Mansell, 2 P. W’ms, 73 ; Bradish v. Gee, 1 Ambl. 229; Lamersdale v. Lit-tledale, 2 Yes. 450.)
1Opinion of the CourtNapton, Judge
The only ground upon which the judgment of the circuit-court in this case is sought to be reversed is the 14th section, of the act concerning' divorce and alimony in the revised code of 1855. (R. C. 1855, p. 666.) That section provides that- “ no petition for review shall be allowed of any judgment for divorce rendered in any case arising under this act, any law or statute to the contrary notwithstanding; but there may be a review of any order or judgment touching the alimony of and maintenance of the wife, and the care, custody and maintenance of the children, or of any of them, as in other…
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- Nave v. NaveMissouri Court of Appeals · 1888
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