Howell v. Howell Stevens v. Stevens

On the appellant's allegation that the decree from which he appeals is void, we treat the cause as having been brought up by certiorari.

Ruth Howell, plaintiff below, procured from the Second Division of Pulaski Chancery Court a decree of divorce from George Howell, the latter having declined to defend until enforcement of the decree was undertaken. He then asserted invalidity of Act No. 42 of 1947 under which the General Assembly attempted to relieve from obvious overwork the regular Chancellor — a Chancellor whose excellent record in many complicated cases has often been reviewed by this…