AZAR v. THOMAS

16946.

206 Ga. 588 (1950)

57 S.E.2d 821

AZAR, administrator, v. THOMAS.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied March 15, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter A. Sims, Joseph S. Crespi, and Walter W. Aycock, for plaintiff.

Howard, Tiller & Howard, for defendant.


DUCKWORTH, Chief Justice.

1. A foreign decree of divorce may be collaterally attacked upon the grounds of fraud in its procurement and lack of jurisdiction without offending the full faith and credit clause of the Constitution of the United States, if there had been no actual notice of the suit or provision for the same to the non-resident defendant, and constructive notice was relied upon to give the foreign court jurisdiction. Green v. Whatley, 158...

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