Sandlin v. Sandlin

Opinion op the Court bt

Van Sant, Commissioner

Reversing.

Appellant, defendant below, and appellee, plaintiff below, were married on tbe 5tb day of November, 1931, and lived together until tbe 9th day of December, 1932. At tbe time of their marriage defendant was 14 years of age. In March, 1933, plaintiff instituted a suit for divorce in which he accused defendant of infidelity. On submission of that case, the court, refusing to grant him a divorce, dismissed the petition.

In this suit, instituted on April 13, 1938, plaintiff prayed judgment of divorce on the ground that the parties had lived…