Shaffer v. Harris

Braham, P. J.,

This is a bill in equity to annul a marriage. Plaintiffs are the parents of Margaret Shaffer, a girl 16 years of age, whose marriage with defendant, Dale Harris, in August 1949 at Russell, Ky., is attacked.

The facts, as they have been found from the evidence, are briefly these: Margaret Shaffer, aged 16, and Dale Harris', who is more than 21, had been keeping company. Defendant wanted to marry the girl. He was encouraged in this plan by an uncle who took the young girl and defendant to Kentucky to be married. He advised Margaret to state her age as 19, believing that to be the…