Williamson v. Williamson

Herrmann, J.:

The plaintiff seeks annulment of his marriage to the defendant on the ground that she had a husband living at the time the marriage was contracted.

By a prior decision of this Court, 1 it was held that the plaintiff failed to sustain his burden of proving the defendant’s prior marriage by the requisite quantum of proof. Upon application duly made, leave was granted to the plaintiff to introduce further evidence as to that issue.

From the evidence subsequently adduced, it appears that the defendant cohabited with one Correll for a number of years, first in North Carolina and later…