Brillis v. Brillis

As the court at Special Term and the unanimous Appellate Division decided, the evidence convincingly establishes plaintiff wife’s right to an annulment on the ground of fraud.

The defendant, an alien seaman, was required to leave the United States by July 30,1953. He knew that, if he became the husband of an American citizen, he would be entitled to return to this country as a nonquota immigrant. Undoubtedly, as the trial court found, in order to facilitate his re-entry, the defend*127ant persuaded the plaintiff to go through a civil ceremony of marriage with him on July 22, 1953, just three days…