Hubbard v. Hubbard

This appeal raises the question of the validity of a nunc pro tunc decree making an allowance for minor children in a divorce suit.

The parties are Caroline Hill Hubbard, the executrix of the estate of James W. Hubbard, deceased, who was the plaintiff in the divorce suit, and Pearl Hubbard Bootsman, formerly Pearl Hubbard, the defendant in such suit. The parties will be hereinafter referred to as the executrix and the defendant.

On February 1, 1939, the court entered a decree granting the defendant a divorce upon her cross-complaint in a suit for divorce commenced by her husband, who defaulted.…