Peacon v. Peacon

Duckworth, Justice.

Hnder the allegations of the petition-as to fraud practiced upon the petitioner by reason of pregnancy at the time of marriage, no verdict on that ground could legally have been returned in favor of the petitioner, and the court so informed the jury. As ruled in Owens v. Owens, 157 Ga. 397 (2) (121 S. E. 337), “Where a woman prior to her marriage falsely and fraudulently represented to her prospective husband that he was the father of a child with which she was then pregnant, such representation would not be ground for the grant of a divorce based upon fraud as defined in…