Bowles v. . Cochran
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Penalty — License for Marriage of Females under eighteen. Tin’s was a civil action, begun in a Court of a Justice of the Peace, and tried on appeal at Fall Term, 1885, of Catawba Superior Court, before his Honor, Shipp, Judge, and a jury.
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Penalty — License for Marriage of Females under eighteen. Tin’s was a civil action, begun in a Court of a Justice of the Peace, and tried on appeal at Fall Term, 1885, of Catawba Superior Court, before his Honor, Shipp, Judge, and a jury. The action was brought by the plaintiff against the defendant to recover the penalty of $200 against the defendant, for issuing a marriage license to one Robert Stevenson with the daughter, ■Julia, of the plaintiff, said daughter being under the age of eighteen years at the time of issuing the license, on the second day ■of December, 1884. Exception 1st. The…
1Opinion of the Court
Ashe, J.,
(after stating the case). We are of the opinion there is no error in the judgment of the Superior Court. The action is brought against the defendant as register of deeds for the county of Catawba, for the penalty of two hundred dollars, given by §1816 of The Code, for issuing a license for the marriage of plaintiff’s daughter, who, at the time was under the age of eighteen years, without making reasonable inquiry as to her age. . §1814 of The Code provides that “every register of deeds shall, upon application, issue a license for the marriage of any two persons; Provided, it shall…
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