Partrick v. Partrick

Plaintiff brought this action for annulment of marriage against defendant upon the ground that at the time of the purported marriage ceremony between them defendant was married to one Charles Orr, from whom she had only obtained an interlocutory decree of divorce. The final decree was obtained on April 7, 1941, about six months after the marriage. These facts are conceded. Defendant showed that she married Orr in 1922, and due to his being a chronic alcoholic, leaving home for short periods of time and committing acts of cruelty upon her, she divorced him in 1934. She obtained custody of…