DocketNumber： 17047
Citation Numbers： 58 S.E.2d 814, 206 Ga. 796
Judges： Atkinson
Filed Date： 4/10/1950
Status： Precedential
Modified Date： 10/19/2024
Supreme Court of Georgia.
R. P. Johnston and Vester M. Ownby, for plaintiff in error.
Martin McFarland and Roger H. Bell, contra.
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 *797 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).
Judgment affirmed. All the Justices concur.