Meredith v. Shakespeare

MilleR, Judge:

This suit is to annul the marriagej between plaintiff and defendant, occurring on August 14, 1922, as distinguished from divorce, and upon grounds other than those specifically mentioned in section 1 of chapter 64 of the Code, the jurisdiction and power thereby invoked being not that conferred by the statute, but the inherent jurisdiction and power of a court of equity with respect to all civil contracts, voidable upon any ground cognizable by such courts. That, such inherent power and jurisdiction exists is settled law in this state and elsewhere, and has been here declared and…