Lyman v. Lyman
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action for a divorce, for an annulment of the marriage because of alleged fraud of the defendant, and for a decree relieving the plaintiff from any legal obligation to support children of whom he was not the father, born to the defendant about four months after the marriage, brought to and tried by the Superior Court in Windham County, Webb, Jfacts found and judgment rendered for the defendant, and appeal by the plaintiff.
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Action for a divorce, for an annulment of the marriage because of alleged fraud of the defendant, and for a decree relieving the plaintiff from any legal obligation to support children of whom he was not the father, born to the defendant about four months after the marriage, brought to and tried by the Superior Court in Windham County, Webb, Jfacts found and judgment rendered for the defendant, and appeal by the plaintiff. The plaintiff, then about twenty-five years of age and possessed of at least the ordinary intelligence and experience of young men of his age and class, first met the…
1Opinion of the CourtPrentice, C. J.
The plaintiff, having had sexual intercourse with the defendant before marriage, was induced to marry her by her representations made to and believed by him, that she was with child as the result of such intercourse, whereas the fact was, as she knew or ought to have known, that she was pregnant by another man. The first knowledge that he had of the truth came to him when she was delivered. There upon he ceased to have further relations with her, and brought this action praying for an annulment of the marriage or a divorce. Counsel for the plaintiff concede that he is not entitled to an…
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