Fowler v. Fowler
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Third Judicial District Oourt, Parish of Claiborne; W. P. Edwards, Judge. Action by H. Alvin Fowler against Mrs. Verna Fowler, née Williamson, for her annulment of marriage. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMonroe, J.
Plaintiff has appealed from a judgment rejecting his demand that the marriage between him and defendant be annulled for want of consent on his part. The defense is a general denial and plea of estoppel by ratification.
But three witnesses were examined, all of them called by plaintiff; the first being the father of defendant, placed on the stand as a matter of necessity, the' other two being the brother and sister-in-law of plaintiff.
T. J. Williamson, defendant’s father, testified that he went into a field where plaintiff was plowing, and told plaintiff that he must marry defendant, or he…
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