Kaufman v. Kaufman
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Joseph Kaufman, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 6th day of July, 1916, dismissing the complaint upon the decision of the court after a trial at the New York Special Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
This is an action to annul a marriage between the plaintiff and the defendant, celebrated at Bridgeport, Conn., on the 15th day of April, 1913, when they were both residents of the State of New York. The theory upon which the plaintiff seeks to have the marriage annulled is that it was void on the ground that the defendant had a former husband living at the time. The action is defended upon the ground that the defendant had been *163duly divorced from her former husband by a decree of the Nevada District Court on the 12th day of October, 1911; that her former husband had absented…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Starbuck v. . StarbuckNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
- Stokes v. . StokesNew York Court of Appeals · 1910
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- In re Estate of SwalesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1901
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- Hamm v. HammCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1947
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