Brown v. Scott
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Cecil County, in equity (Wkuíhs, J.). Bill by Aurelia C. Brown against Earl Wesley Scott, alias Joseph Earl Wesley Scott, alias Paul Worthington, alias Caleb Bragg. From a decree for defendant, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtOffittt, J.
The only question presented by tbe appeal in this case is whether the fact t-hat the marriage between the parties would not have been contracted by tbe appellant but for her belief, induced by false statements and fraudulent concealment on the part of the appellee, that he was a, respectable citizen, whereas actually he was a, convicted felon and had even then committed crimes for which he was afterwards sentenced to the federal penitentiary, was sufficient ground for the annulment of the marriage contract between them, when it also appeared that the appellant, as soon as she learned of the…
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