Lau v. Lau

In this action f,or a separation'plaintiff admits that prior to her marriage with the defendant she went through a marriage ceremony with another man, with whom, she testifies, she never lived, and from whom she has not obtained a divorce. Subsequently the defendant married her with full knowledge, as she testifies, of the circumstances above recited, and she thereafter lived with him for many years, and bore him four children, most, of whom are of full age. The admissions of the defendant are not sufficient, in my opinion, that the prior marriage was valid, and it does not therefore…