Clayton v. Clayton

On November 25, 1941, a judgment was rendered in the trial court granting a divorce to the plaintiff, Alta M. Clayton. No journal entry of this judgment was ever recorded, and on May 13, 1949, plaintiff, after due notice and a hearing, was granted an order nunc pro tunc setting forth the terms of the judgment. On May 16, 1949, defendant, James Clayton, filed in said cause his motion to vacate the decree as to certain specified particulars on the ground that the judgment in the respects complained of was beyond the jurisdiction of the court and void. On June 30, 1949, the trial court overruled…