Anderson v. Anderson

This action raises the question: Is the plaintiff, a Connecticut resident, a “guilty” party to a bigamous marriage entered into in the state of New York, entitled to a decree declaring that marriage null and void? Interwoven therein is the further question: Did the death of the plaintiff’s legal husband validate the second marriage, thus precluding the obtaining of a decree of annulment?

The plaintiff and the defendant were married on September 24, 1949, in Port Chester, New York. The plaintiff entered into this marriage completely cognizant of the fact that although separated, she was still…