Wolf v. Fox

The verdict is vigorously assailed by appellant because it finds that plaintiff entered into the marriage with Fox in good faith. The principal grounds for the argument are that the parties entered into a civil contract of marriage before a notary public and witnesses and were not married in the usual manner; that she had had exhibited to her the decree of divorce which Mr.. Fox had secured from his first wife, which decree was one from bed and board and not an absolute one, and that she had been told by the former wife and daughter that she was living in adultery with Mr. Fox.

Since the law…