Candler v. Candler

NORRIS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment granting Peggy Candler’s action to annul a default judgment of divorce between Mrs. Candler and her former husband, William Edward Candler. The issue before the court was whether Mr. Candler obtained the default judgment of divorce by “fraud or ill practices” under LSA-C.C.P. art. 2004. The trial court found that Mr. Candler testified falsely in confirming the default judgment by stating that he and his wife had lived separate and apart without reconciliation for one year; consequently, it held that he perpetrated a fraud on the court and…