Legal Opinion

Fuller v. Fuller

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided January 15, 1885PublishedCited by 26 opinions

Error from Butler District Court. ACTION to have a supposed marriage declared to be a nullity. The material facts aré stated in the opinion. The court declared the marriage null, but adjudged that the plaintiff, Aaron H. Fuller, pay the defendant, Mary A. Fuller, the sum of $600 as alimony. The plaintiff complains, especially of this award of alimony, and brings the case to this court.

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Valentine, J.:

This action was brought on July 18, 1884, in the district court of Butler copnty, by A. H. Fuller against Mary A. Fuller, for a divorce, and to have a marriage supposed to have been consummated' between them set aside and held for naught, upon two grounds: First, that the defendant had a former husband living at the time of her marriage with the plaintiff; second, extreme cruelty on the part of the defendant toward the plaintiff.

The defendant answered, setting up: First, a general denial, except as to allegations specifically admitted in…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Powell v. PowellSupreme Court of Kansas · 1877

3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Coats v. CoatsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1911
  2. Sanguinetti v. SanguinettiCalifornia Supreme Court · 1937
  3. Buckley v. BuckleyWashington Supreme Court · 1908
  4. Heflinger v. HeflingerSupreme Court of Virginia · 1923
  5. Chrismond v. ChrismondMississippi Supreme Court · 1951

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