Williamson v. Johnson

This is a chancery suit instituted by Walter E. Johnson, as committee of George Edward Williamson, non compos *633mentis, against Annie Inez Williamson, to annul the marriage solemnized at Elizabeth City, North Carolina, on July 10, 1933, between the said George Edward Williamson and Annie Inez Williamson, both domiciled in Virginia, on the ground that the husband was insane at the time of the marriage.

If Williamson was insane on July 10, 1933, the marriage was forbidden both in Virginia (Code, section 5088) and in North Carolina. North Carolina Code 1931, section 2495; Sims v. Sims, 121 N. C.…