Schroeder v. Schroeder

HORTON, Judge.

Appellant-wife, defendant in the court below, seeks review of a final decree of divorce. Upon final hearing below, the chancellor struck the appellant’s pleadings because they were not timely filed and proceeded to a determination of the cause ex parte.

The appellee-husband filed suit for divorce on May 27, 1957. The appellant, then residing in Pennsylvania, was served by publication or constructive process which required her to file pleadings on or before July 1, 1957. The appellant having failed to file pleadings on July 1, 1957, as required by the publication notice, the clerk…