Evans v. Brown

On the 9th day of March, 1944, Mrs. Jessie P. Walters Evans was granted a decree of divorce in the court below against her husband Cullen E. Evans. Mrs. Evans died in May, 1944, survived by a daughter, Mrs. Louise Walters Brown. On June 20,1944, Cullen E. Evans filed a petition in the court below praying- the court to vacate this divorce decree and hold it for nought, making Mrs. Louise Walters Brown a party defendant thereto. Mrs. Brown would be her mother’s only heir at law if this divorce decree is valid. Among the reasons alleged for vacating this decree is that the divorce was granted on…