PARKER v. CRAWFORD

No. 5-1277.

302 S.W.2d 533 (1957)

Charles Alton PARKER, Appellant, v. Iva Thornton CRAWFORD (PARKER), Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied June 24, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. D. Panich, Little Rock, for appellant.

Charles S. Harley, Little Rock, for appellee.


McFADDIN, Justice.

The decisive question in this case is, whether a divorce decree rendered in open court is effective from the date it was actually rendered, or from the date the decree was entered of record.

Iva Thornton Crawford sued S. R. Crawford for divorce in the Pulaski Chancery Court. The case was No. 102787; and on August 22, 1955 there was entered a decree in that cause which stated, inter alia:

"On this 9th day of August...

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