Pridgen v. . Pridgen

For the purpose of showing that the decree of divorce rendered by the court in Georgia is without legal validity in North Carolina the plaintiff introduced the judgment roll, from which it appears that the defendant in the action was served with constructive and not with personal service of process. If the decree is a nullity here the plaintiff is not estopped by its introduction, “for what the law pronounces void cannot estop.” Gathings v. Williams, 27 N. C., 487. We must therefore direct our investigation to the legal efficacy in this State of the decree granted by the Georgia court.

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