Lockwood v. Lockwood

On the ground of premarital fraud, the plaintiff wife sues for an annulment of her marriage to defendant solemnized, after a short courtship, on January 7, 1958 in the State of Florida. The cause was tried before the court without a jury on the stipulation of the parties.

It appears without dispute that defendant, prior to the marriage, had been addicted to the use of narcotics. He testified that in 1954 his habituation to drugs ceased. It is conceded that between the years 1936 and 1957 the defendant had been convicted of sundry crimes. The reliable testimony establishes, and I find, that…