Court Opinion

ID: 7155939
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-24 16:08:29.234081+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:15:14.422576
License: Public Domain

Opinion by
Judge Pryo-r :
It seems from this record that the appellant not only filed his petition to vacate the judgment, but also made his motion for that purpose, and failed in each proceeding. An appeal from the original petition in which the judgment had been rendered, without the service of process, could not have been maintained without first making an effort to set that judgment aside. This petition was of itself a motion for that purpose, and the court asked to set it aside, and we see no reason why it should not have been sustained.
The publication required by the statute is intended as notice only to those who are not required to be brought before the court or to be made parties to the proceeding. The husband is required to be made a defendant where he fails to unite with the wife, and we know of no rule of practice based on statutory proceedings that will authorize a judgment against a party or affecting his rights, who is a defendant to the action and his person within the jurisdiction of the court, without the service of process upon him, and the statute before us should not be so construed.
Judgment reversed and cause remanded with directions to annul and set aside the judgment and for further proceedings.