Concord v. Rumney
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Assumpsit for the support of Ruth Keyes at the Insane Asylum, a pauper, from June 17th to Sept. 8th, 1862. The point in controversy is the alleged settlement of the pauper in Rumney, and, for the purposes of this trial, the parties agree upon the following facts on that point: Said Ruth Keyes was married to Ephraim Keyes, Dec. 2d, 1844, under the circumstances stated in Keyes v. Keyes, 22 N. H. 553, which are admitted as true.
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Assumpsit for the support of Ruth Keyes at the Insane Asylum, a pauper, from June 17th to Sept. 8th, 1862. The point in controversy is the alleged settlement of the pauper in Rumney, and, for the purposes of this trial, the parties agree upon the following facts on that point: Said Ruth Keyes was married to Ephraim Keyes, Dec. 2d, 1844, under the circumstances stated in Keyes v. Keyes, 22 N. H. 553, which are admitted as true. Said Ephraim Keyes then had a settlement in Rumney and continued to reside in Rumney until and after the decree of nullity of marriage was made, July Term, 1851, as…
1Opinion of the CourtBell, C. J.
By the judgment of the court m Keyes v. Keyes, the marriage between them was decreed to he null and void from the first, upon the ground of the insanity of the Iibellee at the time, and of fraud in inducing the marriage. By the decision it is settled, that, as between the parties, the Iibellee was so insane.as to be incapable of contracting a valid marriage. The facts of the case, as stated in the report, do not establish this conclusion, and we must therefore suppose that the evidence, which is not reported, must have shown a degree of insanity sufficient to sustain the decision.
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