Bemis v. Loftin

This was a proceeding in equity brought by the appellant, Alice McCormick Bemis, to set aside a decree of the Circuit Court of Duval County, made and entered in 1896, annulling a marriage that had been .contracted by complainant with one H. E. Bemis in New York State on September 10, 1891, of which marriage a child was born January 19, 1892. It was the contention of the appellant that the annulment decree of 1896 was void because of absence of jurisdiction of the Circuit Court of Duval County over defendant’s person, absence of jurisdiction over the marriage res, and void on account of fraud…