Stokes v. Stokes
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, William A. Stokes, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 20th day of January, 1908, upon the decision of the court, rendered after a trial at the Kings County Special Term, dismissing the complaint upon the merits.
1Opinion of the Court
Woodward, J.:
This is an action brought to procure a judicial decree annulling a marriage contracted by the parties, on the ground that the defendant had a husband living at the time of the second marriage. The trial court denied the plaintiff the relief sought,' and the appeal is from that judgment.
The essential facts are found in the decision by the trial court . and are that .the defendant was married on the 24th day of March, 1875, at the city of Philadelphia, to one John M. Hitchings, and they lived and cohabited together until the 26th day of November, 1896, when Hitchings left defendant…
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