Jarrard v. Jarrard

Citations

• 116 Wash. 70
• 198 P. 741
• 1921 Wash. LEXIS 806

Syllabus

<p>Divorce (47-1) —Decree—Vacation—Collusion—Evidence—Suireiciency. Collusion of parties to a divorce action is not established by a showing that, after a wife had knowledge of the pendency of the action, she demanded a property settlement, intimating that otherwise she would defend and defeat the action, and the negotiations between them finally resulting in an agreement that the wife should receive title to the home property in full of her property rights.</p> <p>Same (49)—Vacation—Public Interest—Discretion. The action of a trial court in setting aside a default decree of divorce and permitting the defendant to defend the action, where application was made promptly after default and no change in conditions had occurred, was a proper exercise of discretionary power vested in courts because of the public interest or policy attaching to divorce actions.</p>