Cooper v. Cooper

Citations

• 92 Wash. 87
• 158 P. 1007
• 1916 Wash. LEXIS 737

Syllabus

<p>Divorce — Decree—Vacation—Grounds — Petition — Sufficiency. A petition to vacate a default decree of divorce on the ground of fraud is insufficient where it merely alleged that there was a conspiracy to obtain a divorce and obtain property by false evidence, and that the plaintiff had been guilty of adultery which she had concealed, there was no answer to the plaintiff’s charge of cruelty, and no sufficient excuse for the default; concealment of adultery by the wife not necessarily being a defense to her action.</p>