Harrison v. State ex rel. Harrison
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Calvert County. This was an action of debt on an administration bond instituted on the 24th of September 1859, by tbe appellee against tbe appellants. The record shows that Robert Harrison of Robert, who, in the year 1851, resided in Calvert County, in this State, was, in tlie month of December in that year, married, in Washington City, in the District of Columbia, to his niece, Martha Harrison, at that time also a resident of Maryland.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Calvert County. This was an action of debt on an administration bond instituted on the 24th of September 1859, by tbe appellee against tbe appellants. The record shows that Robert Harrison of Robert, who, in the year 1851, resided in Calvert County, in this State, was, in tlie month of December in that year, married, in Washington City, in the District of Columbia, to his niece, Martha Harrison, at that time also a resident of Maryland. Returning to Calvert County, the parties cohabited as man and wife for several years, until the year 1858, when Robert…
1Opinion of the Court
Bowie, O. J.,
delivered tbe opinion of tbis Court. Bartol, J., dissenting.
Few questions are more interesting, or more important to society, than those presented by this appeal, — viz:—the validity of marriages between persons within the prohibited degrees, and the power of the Legislature, by retroactive enactments, to restore an inheritable quality to persons, otherwise incapable of taking. For the first time since its passage, as far as the records of this Court inform us, the interpretation of the Act of February 1777, ch. 12, entitled, “An Act concerning Marriages,” is brought in question.…
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