J. G. v. H. G.
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Baltimore City. This is an appeal from a decree of the Court below dismissing the bill of the appellant, which prayed a divorce a vinculo matrimonii, from his wife, the appellee, on the ground of her impotence, which existed at the time of their marriage. The facts of the case are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the CourtBartol, C. J.
The bill of complaint in this case was filed by the appellant, praying for a divorce a vinculo, on the ground of the alleged impotence of the appellee.
It appears from the pleadings and proofs that the parties to this suit were married in Baltimore on the 31st day of March, 1864; the appellant then being 49 years of age and the appellee 28. They started on a tour to the West immediately after the marriage; physical impediments to the consummation'of the marriage having been discovered, the appellee submitted to an examination of her person by Dr. Thomas Wood and Dr. S. O. Almy, eminent…
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