Snyder v. Snyder

The complaint is attacked for insufficiency and on the further ground that the cause of action alleged is prohibited by statute. The gist of the complaint is that the plaintiff was induced to enter into a void marriage with the defendant in reliance on his false representation that he was single and unmarried.

In the absence of any statutory prohibition, it is settled that a woman has an action in deceit against a man for inducing a putative marriage by knowingly false representations when in fact he had no capacity to marry. (Blossom v. Barrett, 37 N. Y. 434.)

The only question to be…