State v. Snyder
West Virginia Supreme Court
Certified from Circuit Court, Barbour County. Amanda Belle Snyder was indicted for a felony for marrying within tbe time in which she was forbidden to marry by a divorce decree under Code 1918, c. 64, § 14 (Code Supp. 1918, § 3648a). Defendant’s demurrer to and motion to quash the indictment were overruled, and the court certified its action for review.
1Opinion of the Court
Lynch, Judge:
Marion L. Snyder and Amanda Belle Cross duly entered into the marital relation in Barbour County, this State, in the year 1910 and thereafter until 1920 remained husband and wife, when at the suit of the husband the Circuit Court of that county at the 1920 September term granted him a *98divorce from her and in the decree forbade her, as the party at fault, to remarry within five years from its date except to the plaintiff. This prohibition she disregarded or ignored and within a few days after the date of the dissolution order intermarried with William Harvey in Barbour County and…
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