Anderson v. Anderson

The issue, sought to be ráiséd, is the validity of a default divorce. We never reach the real issue because Thelma V. Anderson abandoned the route of direct attack upon the divorce decree to follow the dead-end roads of collateral attacks.

It appears that Albert B. Anderson and Thelma V. Anderson desired a divorce; that, together, they consulted an attorney who prepared, at their request, a property-settlement agreement and a divorce complaint with Mr. Anderson as the plaintiff. Mrs. Anderson accepted service of the summons and complaint the same day that the property settlement was signed,…