Hullman v. Kauffman

Wanner, P. J.,

— Marian Kauffman, the second wife of Paul Kauffman, who was recently convicted and sentenced for bigamy, filed a motion in this court in her maiden name of Marian Hullman, for the annulment of the bigamous marriage contract existing between said parties because of said conviction and sentence, without the usual proceedings incident to the procurement of divorces. It is true that the statutes defining and punishing the offence of bigamy also declare the bigamous contract to be null and void: Vide Act of Jan. 12, 1705,1 Sm. Laws, 29; Act of Sept. 19, 1785, 2 Sm. Laws, 343-345,…