Weinert v. Tallman

Fred C. Weinert, hereinafter called plaintiff, filed a bill for annulment of the marriage between him and Doris Tallman, hereinafter called defendant. She, in turn, filed a bill for divorce. The cases were consolidated for trial. From decree granting defendant a divorce and, in effect, denying plaintiff an annulment, he appeals.

Plaintiff contends that the marriage was a nullity because, at the time the ceremony was performed, defendant was, and thereafter continued to be, the common-law wife of one Tallman and that, therefore, plaintiff was entitled to an annulment and a decree of divorce…