Jackson v. Jackson

Belcher, C.

In July, 1873, the plaintiff and defendant intermarried at the city of Los Angeles, in this state. In May, 1890, the plaintiff commenced this action to have her marriage with defendant annulled, upon the ground that at the time it was contracted he had another wife living, and that such former marriage had never been dissolved by a decree of divorce or otherwise. The defendant, by his answer, admitted a prior marriage, but alleged that for five successive years immediately preceding his marriage with the plaintiff his former "wife had been absent from him, and was not known by him…