Crane v. Crane

Mague, Chancellor.

The bill in this cause seeks a decree annulling the marriage of the complainant with defendant, upon the ground that the matrimonial contract between them was entered into by complainant under the inducement of a false and fraudulent representation made by defendant.

The jurisdiction thus invoked is not that conferred upon this court by the provisions of the “Act concerning divorces,” approved March 37th, 1874. Gen. Stat. p. 1267. The appeal is to the general jurisdiction over frauds which is inherent in this court and extends to the annulment of the marriage contract upon…