Blankenmiester v. Blankenmiester

This proceeding is of an equitable nature and was instituted to obtain a decree annulling a contract of marriage between the parties. The relief sought is on an averment that plaintiff did not voluntarily enter into the marriage contract, but was coerced in the matter by threats of the defendant’s father to prosecute him for a felony and have him imprisoned in the State penitentiary. The cause was heard below by a very careful and just judge. Many witnesses were put on the stand whose testimony is exceedingly contradictory. "We have attentively studied 'the record and our judgment accords…