Legal Opinion
Sizeler v. Sizeler
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided March 5, 1930No. 30004PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
Otto Sizeler married his niece, Miss Annie Eels, in Providence, R. I., on October 14,1913, under a statute of that state which permits a marriage among the Jews, within the degrees of affinity or consanguinity allowed by their religion. Chapter 243, General Laws of Rhode Island, 1909, §§ 1-4, and 9.
The contracting parties were of the orthodox Jewish faith. They were married in the city of Providence by Rabbi Bachraeh, as under the Rabbinical law the marriage of uncle and niece is sanctioned. See testimony of Rabbi Mendel Silber, T. 135.'
Otto Sizeler and his wife were residents of the city of…
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