Peden v. Peden

Plaintiff and defendant were married in 1924. They lived together three months. Defendant developed tuberculosis. The parties separated, and plaintiff filed a bill to annul the marriage on the ground of fraud on the part of defendant in concealing from him prior to their marriage that she had tuberculosis, had consulted a physician, been advised of her condition, had misled plaintiff by-representing she had stomach catarrh (whatever that may mean); and that her family likewise concealed defendant’s physical condition from plaintiff and he was thereby induced to marry defendant who had a…