Price v. Price, No. 54197
| Court | Mississippi Supreme Court |
| Writing for the Court | DAN M. LEE; PATTERSON |
| Citation | 430 So.2d 848 |
| Parties | Bobby PRICE v. Doris PRICE. |
| Decision Date | 27 April 1983 |
| Docket Number | No. 54197 |
Page 848
v.
Doris PRICE.
David Oliver, Gulfport, for appellant.
No briefs filed by appellee.
Before BROOM, HAWKINS and DAN M. LEE, JJ.
Page 849
DAN M. LEE, Justice, for the Court:
This is an appeal from the Chancery Court of Harrison County wherein Bobby Price, appellant, filed his bill of complaint for divorce on the ground of irreconcilable differences. Doris Price, appellee, answered the bill denying that the chancery court had jurisdiction to render the relief prayed for, denying the general allegations thereof, and also asserting a divorce action between the parties was pending in the 173rd District Court of Henderson County, Texas. Thereafter, Bobby Price moved to amend his bill of complaint, which was overruled. An interlocutory decree was entered accordingly. Bobby Price has appealed to this Court and assigns as error the refusal of his motion to amend his bill of complaint. We reverse.
On April 5, 1982, appellant filed a bill of complaint for divorce on the ground of irreconcilable differences pursuant to Mississippi Code Annotated section 93-5-2 (Supp.1981). On April 6, 1982, appellee entered a waiver of process. A property settlement agreement executed by both parties was also filed in the cause on this same day.
On May 24, 1982, appellee filed an answer in the cause denying that the chancery court had jurisdiction to render a decree for divorce in the cause because neither party had ever been a resident of Harrison County. Appellee also denied each and every allegation contained in the bill for divorce and averred a divorce action between the parties was then pending in the 173rd District Court of Henderson County, Texas. Thereafter, appellant filed a motion to amend his bill of complaint for divorce which was subsequently overruled, and an interlocutory decree entered accordingly.
Did the chancellor err in overruling appellant's motion to amend his bill of complaint for divorce?
Appellee has failed to file a brief in this cause with this Court. Her failure to do so is tantamount to confession of error. See State v. Maples, 402 So.2d 350 (Miss.1981); Mississippi State Highway Commission v. Hurst, 349 So.2d 545 (Miss.1977); Green v. Green, 317 So.2d 392 (Miss.1975); Westinghouse Credit Corp. v. Deposit Guaranty National Bank, 304 So.2d 636 (Miss.1974); Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp. v. Rogers, 284 So.2d 304 (Miss.1973); Burt v....
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