Royal v. Royal

Jordan, Presiding Justice.

This is an appeal from an order setting aside a default judgment in favor of the appellant.

Appellant Mary Sue Royal and appellee Daniel B. Royal, Jr., were divorced in Chatham County in 1960. An agreement between them was made part of the divorce decree, wherein it was provided that certain property in Savannah “be set aside to [Mrs. Royal] for the purpose of making a home for herself and [the] minor children.”

In 1979, Mrs. Royal brought an “action for declaratory judgment” in Superior Court of Chatham County, alleging that she was “uncertain and insecure” with…