Legal Opinion

Wilbanks v. Wilbanks

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided October 21, 1924No. 4186PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtHill, J.

(After stating the foregoing facts.)

The question to be determined in this case is whether the plaintiff in error, after having agreed to a decree being rendered against him, can, after the decree has been complied with by him in part, afterwards file a motion to set aside the decree on the ground that, when the defendant dismissed her answer which is in the nature of a cross-petition asking for alimony and divorce, there are no pleadings to authorize it. In the motion to set aside it is not alleged that the decree was obtained either by fraud, accident, or mistake, but the record clearly…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Williams v. SimmonsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1888
  2. Adkins v. BryantSupreme Court of Georgia · 1909
  3. Driver v. WoodSupreme Court of Georgia · 1901

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Allen v. WithrowSupreme Court of Georgia · 1959
  2. Elliott v. ElliottSupreme Court of Georgia · 1937
  3. Gaither v. GaitherSupreme Court of Georgia · 1950
  4. Lunsford v. KerseySupreme Court of Georgia · 1941
  5. Pike v. AndrewsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1954

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