Legal Opinion

Ysern v. Horter

New Jersey Court of Chancery

Decided February 25, 1920PublishedCited by 16 opinions

On petition for annulment of marriage, and report of Special Master Rosenberg, with depositions.

1Opinion of the Court

Stevenson, V. C.

This is an ex parte suit for the annulment of a marriage on the ground of fraud brought under the general equity jurisdiction of the court, the procedure, however, being now the same as in suits brought under the statute. P. L. 1916 p. 102. It was unnecessary that the petitioner should sue by a next friend, inasmuch as she was over sixteen years of age. P. L. 1916 p. 639. The form of suit which was adopted, however, seems to be still permissible.

1. The master reports that the petitioner, at the time of the marriage, was an infant eighteen years of age and was at that time…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Di Lorenzo v. . Di LorenzoNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
  2. Wightman v. WightmanNew York Court of Chancery · 1820
  3. Smith v. SmithMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1898
  4. Anders v. AndersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
  5. Lyndon v. LyndonIllinois Supreme Court · 1873

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Anonymous v. AnonymousSuperior Court of Delaware · 1951
  2. Costello v. PorzeltNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1971
  3. Bilowit v. DolitskyNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1973
  4. Raia v. RaiaSupreme Court of Alabama · 1926
  5. Caruso v. CarusoNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1929

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