Chaddock v. Chaddock

Dowling, William F., J.

Plaintiff and defendant were married at Rochester, N. Y., January 27, 1927, after a courtship of two *901months. They cohabited following the marriage for two weeks, and then separated. Following the separation the defendant was committed to the St. Lawrence State Hospital for the Insane, located at Ogdensburg, N. Y. After his commitment, and on April 15, 1927, the plaintiff instituted this action, under the provisions of section 1137 of the Civil Practice Act, to annul said marriage on the ground that defendant was a lunatic on the occasion of said marriage. Henry E. Dodd,…