Titsworth v. Titsworth

Stevenson, V. C.

In this ex parte case the master has reported in favor of a decree of nullity under the statute, on the ground that the petitioner was under eighteen years of age when the marriage ceremony was performed. I cannot concur with the learned master in view of the character and extent of the proofs presented to establish the fact that the petitioner was “under the age of eighteen” when the marriage was solemnized and consummated.

The case is brought under the new law which constitutes paragraph 5 of section 1 of the Divorce act of 1907, permitting a decree of nullity

“at the suit of…