Thorne v. Farrar
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Griffin, J., entered January 8, 1909, dismissing, on the merits, an action in equity.
1Opinion of the CourtGose, J.
Tins is a suit in equity brought for the purpose of annulling a marriage on the alleged ground of duress. At *442the close of the plaintiff’s evidence, a judgment of dismissal was entered on the insufficiency of the evidence. The plaintiff has appealed.
The duress alleged in the complaint is that an attorney and a police officer, at the instance of the respondent, for the purpose of coercing and intimidating the appellant to enter into a marriage contract with the respondent, made threats to the appellant, “that they would continue and complete a certain criminal action then pending, wherein the…
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