Counts v. Counts

This is a suit in chancery to ánnul the marriage of Jessee Counts to Lillian Counts, who was Lillian Lambert, on the ground of the insanity of Jessee Counts, at the time the marriage was solemnized between them.

• The suit was instituted by E. V. Counts, committee for Jessee Counts, and this mode of procedure is attacked by the appellant, who contests the legal right of the committee of an insane person to bring such a suit. We will presently address ourselves to this feature of the case.

On June 27, 1918, Jessee Counts enlisted in the service of the World War. He remained in' the American army…