Lundstrom v. Mample

Peterson, Justice.

This proceeding was brought to obtain a declaratory judgment construing the word “age” in 3 Mason Minn. St. 1938 Supp. § 8569, providing that the clerk of court shall not issue a marriage license to a person intending to marry if “under age” without the consent of the parent, or the guardian if there be one. The statute, so far as material here, reads as follows:

“If any person intending to marry shall be under age, and shall not have had a former husband or wife, such license shall not be issued unless the consent of the parents or guardians shall be personally given before…