Gray v. . Lentz
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil action-, tried before Starbuclc, J., in Forsyti-i County Court, and iudgment for defendant afterwards affirmed in tire Superior Court at September Term. 1916, Long, J., presiding. Tbe action was brought to recover the penalty of $200, allowed by Revisal, secs. 2088 and 2090, for issuing a marriage license contrary to tbe provisions of those sections.
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Civil action-, tried before Starbuclc, J., in Forsyti-i County Court, and iudgment for defendant afterwards affirmed in tire Superior Court at September Term. 1916, Long, J., presiding. Tbe action was brought to recover the penalty of $200, allowed by Revisal, secs. 2088 and 2090, for issuing a marriage license contrary to tbe provisions of those sections. Tbe material facts are that one Charles Stanley applied to defendant on 28 August, 1915, for a license to marry Myrtle Gray, daughter of plaintiff, wbo was at the time 16 years and about 4 months old. Stanley went to the defendant’s office…
1Opinion of the Court
Walker, J.,
after stating tbe ease: There is no real controversy about tbe material facts in this case, and if they are considered in tbe view most favorably to tbe defendant, our opinion is tbat there was not reasonable inquiry by tbe defendant, so tbat it could appear to him tbat tbe parties were 18 years old or probable tbat there was no legal impediment to tbe marriage between them. Revisal, secs. 2088, 2090, which provides tbat a register of deeds “who shall knowingly or without reasonable inquiry, personally or by deputy, issue a license for tbe marriage of any two persons to which there…
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