Crawford v. Crawford
Illinois Circuit Court
Bill for annulment of marriage. Cross bill for separate maintenance. Circuit Court Gen. No. 178,361. Heard before Judge Richard W. Clifford.
1Opinion of the Court
Clifford, J.:
This is a case where the law is all one way and 1 am compelled to enter a decree for the complainant,
NOTE.
In Illinois the age of legal consent to marriage is seventeen-years in males and fourteen years in females. 2 Starr & Curtis Rev. Stat., p. 2687, title “Marriage.” Where the plaintiff is under the-age of legal consent at the time of marriage, such marriage may he-annulled upon the petition of the person under the age of consent. Canale v. People, 177 Ill. 219, 224; McDeed v. McDeed, 67 Ill. 545; Shafher v. State, 20 Ohio, 1, 3; People v. Slack, 15 Mich. 192, 198; People v.…
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