Turner v. Turner

VALLÉE, J.

Appeal by plaintiff from an adverse judgment in a suit to have the written consent of the parent to the marriage of a minor under the age of 18 years canceled on the ground of fraud and to have the marriage annulled.

The facts are undisputed. Plaintiff Vaughn A. Turner is the father of defendant Clifford H. Turner. Clifford was born on December 29, 1939. Clifford and Marcella E. Gilbert sought the consent of plaintiff to their marriage. They represented to him that they had “got” married in Tijuana, that they had to get married because Marcella was pregnant, and that “Clifford was…