Legal Opinion

Jangraw v. Perkins

Supreme Court of Vermont

Decided April 5, 1905PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appear in Chancery. Heard on demurrer to the amended bill of complaint at the March Term, 1904, Washington County, Rowell, Chancellor. Demurrer overruled; bill adjudged sufficient and taken as confessed. The defendant appealed. This case has been once before in the Supreme Court. See 76 Vt. 127. The opinion states the substance of the amended bill.

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Appear in Chancery. Heard on demurrer to the amended bill of complaint at the March Term, 1904, Washington County, Rowell, Chancellor. Demurrer overruled; bill adjudged sufficient and taken as confessed. The defendant appealed. This case has been once before in the Supreme Court. See 76 Vt. 127. The opinion states the substance of the amended bill. The condition of the mortgage is as follows: “Whereas, Harvey Revett, now of Montpelier, in the County of Washington and the State of Vermont, is about to contract marriage with Mary E. Jangraw, daughter of Oughtney Jangraw, both of Montpelier, in…

1Opinion of the CourtPowers, J.

When this case was here on a demurrer to-the original bill — Jangraw v. Perkins, 76 Vt. 127, 56 Atl. 532, — it was held that the contract set forth therein was contrary to public policy and void. The cause was remanded, the *379bill has been amended, and the sufficiency of the amended bill is now submitted to our determination.

The facts now shown by the record, so. far as it is necessary to recite them, are as follows: Mary Jangraw, the unmarried minor daughter of the complainant, being pregnant, instituted bastardy proceedings against one Revett, and caused his arrest thereon. Revett gave bail,…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Armstrong v. LesterSupreme Court of Iowa · 1876
  2. Jangraw v. PerkinsSupreme Court of Vermont · 1903

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Fiege v. BoehmCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1956
  2. Cooper v. CooperWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1909
  3. Hanes v. HanesTexas Commission of Appeals · 1921
  4. Jangraw v. PerkinsSupreme Court of Vermont · 1906

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