Case Name: Chambers v. Chambers
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1950-04-10
Citations: 206 Ga. 796
Docket Number: No. 17047
Parties: Chambers v. Chambers.
Judges: All the Justices concur.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 206
Pages: 796–797

Head Matter:
Chambers v. Chambers.

Opinion:
Atkinson, Presiding Justice.
A person who is non compos mentis, though not legally adjudged to be an insane person, is incapable of being legally served with a petition for divorce; and a judgment in an uncontested divorce suit which is predicated upon such service may be set aside in a proceeding by a next friend. Code, § 110-709, 110-710; Perry v. Fletcher, 46 Ga. App. 450 (1) (167 S. E. 796); Henry & Co. v. Johnson, 178 Ga. 541 (5c) (173 S. E. 659).
' No. 17047.
April 10, 1950.
R. P. Johnston and Vester M. Ownby, for plaintiff in error.
Martin McFarland and Roger H. Bell, contra.
Judgment affirmed.
All the Justices concur.