Griffin v. Griffin
Supreme Court of Georgia
^Equitable petition. Before Judge Edwards. Paulding superior court. June 4, 1907. This is a petition by John E. Griffin against Lilia Griffin, W. A. B. Ragsdale, and B. E. Croker, ordinary, to annul a marriage, to cancel a bond given by the plaintiff to the ordinary, pursuant to the Penal Code, §388, for the purpose of stopping a prosecution for seduction, and to enjoin any action to enforce the bond until .a final decree may be rendered.
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^Equitable petition. Before Judge Edwards. Paulding superior court. June 4, 1907. This is a petition by John E. Griffin against Lilia Griffin, W. A. B. Ragsdale, and B. E. Croker, ordinary, to annul a marriage, to cancel a bond given by the plaintiff to the ordinary, pursuant to the Penal Code, §388, for the purpose of stopping a prosecution for seduction, and to enjoin any action to enforce the bond until .a final decree may be rendered. The petition in substance alleged: "W. A. B. Ragsdale is' the father of Lilia Griffin, and in June, 1905, he caused to be issued against petitioner a…
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, P. J.
1-3. The plaintiff, against whom a warrant for seduction had been issued, stopped the prosecution by marrying the female alleged to have been seduced, and by giving the statutory bond. Section 388 of the Penal Code provides, that a prosecution for seduction “may be stopped at any time by the marriage of the parties, or a bona ñde and continuing offer to marry on part of the seducer: Provided, that the seducer shall at the time of obtaining the marriage license from the ordinary of the county of the female’s residence, give a good and sufficient bond in such sum as said ordinary may deem…
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