Russo v. Russo

Plaintiff sues for annulment upon the ground of fraud. Defendant does not defend. They were married by a eivil ceremony on March 2, 1932. She claims that prior thereto defendant promised he would also marry her by a religious ceremony, but after their civil marriage he refused to do so. But, according to her own testimony in this case, they lived together for "over a year and cohabited as man and wife for about a month following the civil marriage. Why cohabitation preceded solemnization of the marriage by a religious ceremony can only be explained by the fact that to plaintiff the latter was…