Hutcherson v. Lawrence

This is an original proceeding in which George E. Hutcherson, Jr., relator, seeks a writ of mandamus requiring R.W. Lawrence, Judge of the 3rd Judicial District Court of Anderson County, to set aside a purported nunc pro tunc judgment. We granted the motion for leave to file on May 17, 1984, and scheduled a hearing for June 7, 1984.

On January 11, 1983, Judge Lawrence heard and, at the conclusion of the hearing, orally granted a petition for divorce in a suit between relator and Diane Claire Hutcherson (now Diane Claire Hughes, herein referred to as respondent Hughes). The property issue was…