Couser v. Couser

Plaintiff and defendant lived together as husband and wife for nearly seven years. They had no children. The husband was granted an uncontested interlocutory decree of divorce from the wife March 18, 1953. The two parties had entered into a property settlement agreement, which was approved by the interlocutory decree. The wife had also quitclaimed the family home to the husband.

June 11, 1953, the wife filed notice of motion under section 473 of the Code of Civil Procedure, to vacate the interlocutory decree, and to set aside the property agreement and the quitclaim deed. The wife also ■ asked…