Potter v. Potter
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Order unanimously reversed and application for judgment annulling the marriage of the parties granted. Findings of fact and conclusions of law made. Memo*635randum: There was satisfactory proof that prior to his marriage defendant suffered from a pathologic sexuality known as voyeurism which caused him to peek into house windows and to engage in acts of indecent exposure. There was also proof that the mental disorder and the overt acts accompanying it existed prior to the marriage, that defendant then knew that the acts were abnormal, and that plaintiff would not have married him had she known of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Svenson v. . SvensonNew York Court of Appeals · 1904
- Alter v. AlterAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1937
- Harris v. HarrisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1922
- Schaeffer v. SchaefferNew York Supreme Court · 1959