Legal Opinion
Bryant v. Bryant
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided April 6, 1961No. 21203PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Head, Presiding Justice.
George Bryant brought a petition in equity in Bibb Superior Court against Earl Lee Cotton Bryant. The petition as amended was in two counts. In the first count it was alleged: The parties entered into a ceremonial marriage on September 2, 1956. At the time of the purported marriage, and unknown to the petitioner, the defendant was married to James Nathaniel Cotton. The defendant filed a petition for divorce against James Nathaniel Cotton in 1949, but the petition was dismissed on March 21, 1955, for want of prosecution. The petitioner, upon discovering the fact of the…
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