Beasley v. Beasley

ANDREW JACKSON HIGGINS, Special Judge.

Appeal from adverse judgment in action to set aside default divorce decree. The dispositive question is whether the decree was shown to have been a fraud on the court. Affirmed.

At the conclusion of the hearing, Mrs. Beasley requested, and the court filed “a brief opinion containing a statement of the grounds for its decision” which includes its findings of fact and conclusions of law, as provided in Rule 73.01.1(b), V.A.M.R.:

“This matter arise[s] out of an alleged commonlaw marriage between the parties during the year of 1969. Presently pending before the…