Woodall v. Woodall
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Pulaski Chancery. Court; John E. Martineau, Chancellor; reversed in part; The chancellor should have entered an order wwnc pro time on the motion making a finality of the case where it was first heard that in order for any suit to be before the court it should be necessary to file a new complaint, as the first one was dismissed and denied by the chancellor.
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Appeal from Pulaski Chancery. Court; John E. Martineau, Chancellor; reversed in part; The chancellor should have entered an order wwnc pro time on the motion making a finality of the case where it was first heard that in order for any suit to be before the court it should be necessary to file a new complaint, as the first one was dismissed and denied by the chancellor. The chancellor erred when he permitted this case to come on before him after having denied a divorce to appellee, and on rehearing over the objections of appellant found the same condition and redenied a divorce to appellee,…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
This is a suit for divorce, in which appellee was the plaintiff. The complaint was filed October 16, 1918, and on that date the court made an order dismissing the complaint on the motion of the plaintiff. It does not appear how the cause got back on the docket, but on October 22, 1918, appellant filed an answer, denying all the allegations of the complaint, and praying its dismissal. Thereafter the cause proceeded regularly to trial, and was finally disposed of after a number of witnesses had testified in open court, and from the decree then rendered both parties have appealed.
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