Legal Opinion · Dissent

Sawyer v. . Slack

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided March 6, 1929PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1DissentClarkson, J.

This action was begun in the Superior Court of Camden County on 15 February, 1928.

Plaintiffs pray judgment that the marriage of the plaintiff, Iris C. Land, and the defendant, Alvah Floyd Slack, duly solemnized in accordance with the requirements of C. S., 2493, in Camden County, North Carolina, on 9 December, 1927, be declared null and void. Both said plaintiff and said defendant are citizens of the State of Virginia.

It is alleged in the complaint that at the date of said marriage the said Iris C. Land was a female person under the age of sixteen and over the age of fourteen, and that the…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. State v. . ParkerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1890
  2. Koonce v. . WallaceSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1859
  3. Taylor v. . WhiteSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1912
  4. Watters v. . WattersSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1915
  5. Wooley v. . BrutonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1922

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Kuehmsted v. TurnwallSupreme Court of Florida · 1932
  2. Kirby v. GilliamSupreme Court of Virginia · 1943
  3. Ivery v. IverySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1963
  4. State v. ScogginNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1955
  5. Mussa v. Palmer-MussaCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2011

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