Fricke v. Bechtold

In an action by a husband to annul his marriage the defendant wife counterclaimed for a separation.

The parties were married in Queens County, New York, on June 7, 1953, following the entry of a decree of divorce which the defendant obtained against her first husband Norman F. Bechtold in the State of Chihuahua, the Republic of Mexico, on May 12, 1953. There is no issue of the marriage between the parties to this action.

The defendant and her first husband were living apart for some time prior to May, 1953. He lived in Binghamton, New York, and she in the County of Queens, New York, where the…