Methvin v. Methvin

SIMPSON, Justice.

The appellant, who was the complainant below, filed a bill in the nature of a bill of review which sought to have set aside a decree of divorce entered in the Circuit Court, Tenth Judicial Circuit, on September 3, 1938, styled E. W. Methvin v. Janey Methvin. This divorce decree was entered after taking testimony following a pro confesso on publication, pursuant to an affidavit by the solicitor for E. W. Methvin that he believed one Janey Methvin to be a non-resident of Alabama, “but that he had made diligent inquiry and search and has been unable to ascertain the place of her…