Hager v. Hager

Opinion

HODGES, J.

This appeal involves a prayer for a declaration of the validity of the parties’ marriage, which will be viewed as a suit to affirm marriage. See Code § 20-90. The trial court held that the marriage was valid and granted appellee leave to proceed with a suit for divorce. The appellant, Landon T. Hager, asserts that the finding of validity was in error. We agree and reverse.

In her bill of complaint filed on the chancery side of the circuit court, the appellee, Shirley T. Hager, alleged that she and the appellant took part in a marriage ceremony in Greenville, South Carolina on…