Legal Opinion

Baxter v. Baxter

New York Supreme Court

Decided December 10, 1957PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtHenry Epstein, J.

This is an action to annul a marriage. The plaintiff husband, age 33, married defendant in Las Vegas, Nevada, in April, 1955 when he was 31 and defendant, a grandmother, was over 60 years of age. Plaintiff knew she was a grandmother and does not seek to base his action on any misrepresentation of age. He claims defendant to have been guilty of “ bad personal habits ” unknown to him and that she was a narcotic drug addict, also unknown to him at the time of their marriage. These were the issues and no others.

Plaintiff met defendant in Europe in 1953. He pursued her for two years prior to their…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Matter of CaseNew York Court of Appeals · 1915
  2. Hemminghaus v. FergusonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1948
  3. In re the Probate of the Will of CoddingtonNew York Court of Appeals · 1954
  4. Woronzoff-Daschkoff v. Woronzoff-DaschkoffNew York Court of Appeals · 1952
  5. Vanderhule v. BerinsteinAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1954

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Presser Royalty Company v. Chase Manhattan BankCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1959
  2. Craun v. CraunDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1961
  3. Craun v. CraunDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1961

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