Holmes v. Triggs

MOISE, Justice.

The matters of substance alleged by petitioner are that he and the defendant were married on October 29, 1942; that defendant mislead him by declaring that she was not married at the time of the ceremony; that they lived together as man and wife until June 16, 1946, when he learned that his wife had been married to another, without being divorced.

The defendant answered by asserting that at the time of her marriage to the petitioner, she believed she was divorced from her husband; that her previous marriage was known to him and at the time of the alleged bigamous marriage, she…