MARTIN v. DOWLING


315 S.W.2d 397 (1958)

Bessie MARTIN v. Mary P. DOWLING, et al.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

July 11, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Shelby Coffey, Jr., Columbia, for appellant.

MacFarland, Colley & Douglas, Columbia, for appellees.


PREWITT, Justice.

This is an appeal from a decree of the Chancery Court of Maury County, sustaining a demurrer to the bill of Bessie Martin and dismissing her suit.

It seems that complainant, Bessie Martin, married Howard T. Perry in Maury County in 1916. She filed suit for divorce against him in Maury County in 1919, obtaining service of process by publication. She was granted a divorce by the Honorable W.C. Whitthorne, sitting by interchange for the Chancellor...

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