Dunphy v. Dunphy
California Supreme Court
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court. Timothy J. Lyons, Bishop, Hoefler, Cook & Harwood, and Raymond Benjamin, for Appellant.
1Opinion of the CourtSloss, J.
On the twenty-second day of June, 1909, a marriage ceremony was performed between James C. Dunphy and Lydia M. Valencia. Six days later, the plaintiff, James C. Dunphy, commenced this action to annul said marriage by filing a complaint in which he alleged that, at the time of the ceremony, he was so intoxicated from alcoholic drinks that he had no comprehension of what he was doing, or of the nature or effect of said ceremony, and that, by reason of said intoxication, he was then mentally incompetent to contract marriage. He alleged, further, that at all times after the ceremony and until the…
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