Smith v. Smith

Bleckley, Chief Justice.

The actual marriage took place in Alabama in 1880,. and was celebrated by a magistrate. Nothing is suggested as to any defect in the magistrate’s authority,, whether from want of license or otherwise. The groom-was between fifteen aud sixteen years of age ; the bride-was older. Both parties resided in Georgia, in which. State a license had been applied for, and refused because-of an objection interposed by the groom’s mother, his-father being dead. After the marriage ceremony, the. parties returned immediately to Georgia, where they continued to reside. The evidence…