Anderson v. Dyer

TITUS, Presiding Judge.

Oliver Anderson was awarded a default divorce from Early Lee Anderson by the Circuit Court of Pulaski County on June 23, 1958. Ten years and almost eight months thereafter, or on February 19, 1969, Early Lee filed this action to set aside the divorce for fraud. Following trial, Early Lee’s petition was dismissed for the stated reason that her action was barred by the statute of limitations. The trial court eschewed the “[o]ther affirmative defenses * * * filed by the answering defendants [because they were] academic in view of the governing effect of Section 516.120…