Anderson v. Hicks
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, James M. Anderson, committee, etc., from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Westchester Special Term, and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Westchester on the 13th day of March, 1911, granting the defendant’s motion to vacate a judgment for the annulment of a marriage.
1Opinion of the Court
Carr, J.:
■ In 1888 one Eugene Anderson was adjudged an incompetent by reason of habitual drunkenness, and his; brother, James M. Anderson, was appointed committee of his person, while one Walter Edwards was appointed committee of his estate. The incompetent was sent by the committee of his person to a “Home” at Amityville, L. I. There he Was allowed a large measure of personal freedom, which he took advantage of to have himself married ceremonially to a female inmate named Hicks, likewise there detained as an habitual drunkard under the direction of her committee. This happened in June, 1894.…
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