Foley v. Foley

Plaintiff, who was fifteen years old, and defendant, who was seventeen years old, were married on October 14, 1923. These two children, without the knowledge of the parents of either, ran away from their homes at Oswego, N. Y., and went to Syracuse. There they attempted to get a marriage license, but being so palpably under age, the city clerk refused to issue one without the consent of their parents. They then went to Auburn, where the city clerk was not so particular, and accepted their uncorroborated statement in the application that they were each over eighteen years of age. He issued the…