Forney v. Jorrie

BARROW, Chief Justice.

This is a dual appeal from a judgment entered after a jury trial in Forney’s suit filed on June 12, 1973, to set aside a default judgment rendered on July 9, 1970, after service by publication. The 1970 judgment awarded Anne Jorrie, former wife of Forney, individually and as next friend for her minor children, a judgment for the back child support and for the monthly payments awarded her in the 1966 divorce decree for her interest in the community estate. Jorrie recovered judgment for the sum he had paid the Internal Revenue Service for back income taxes owed by Forney…