Thompson v. Thompson

The plaintiff, a minor aged twenty, seeks a decree nullifying his marriage to the defendant, entered into at Baltimore, Maryland, on May 27, 1945, when the plaintiff was eighteen years of age, on the ground that the marriage was without the consent of the plaintiff’s legal guardian and therefore invalid under the laws of Maryland.

Whether the marriage may be annulled is to be determined by the law of Maryland, where the marriage ceremony was performed. Davis v. Davis, 119 Conn. 194, 198.

Article 62, § 7 of the Maryland Annotated Code, 1939, declares that it shall be unlawful for any female…