Pettit v. Pettit
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal from Trial Term, Fulton County. Action by Martha Pettit, by James Noonan, her guardian ad lit-em, against Joel Pettit. From a judgment dismissing her complaint, plaintiff appeals. Reversed.
1Opinion of the CourtHoughton, J.
The action is brought to obtain a decree annulling the marriage between plaintiff and defendant on the ground that it was void because defendant had a wife living at the time. *1002In October, 1902, the wife of defendant procured against him, in the Supreme Court of this state, an interlocutory judgment of divorce. Shortly after its entry, and nearly three months before final judgment was entered thereon, the plaintiff and defendant went to the state of Vermont, where a marriage ceremony was performed. They immediately returned to this state, and lived together as husband and wife until July,…
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