Johnson v. Johnson

Nathan D. Lapham, Off. Ref.

This uncontested action for annulment was referred to me as Official Referee to hear, try and determine by order dated January 11, 1957; proof was taken February 13 following with decision reserved, and the case submitted to me late in September, 1957.

The plaintiff was a mature woman of 40 with a 13-year-old daughter by a previous union when she married the defendant, then 52 and the father of a 5-year-old daughter. Plaintiff testified that after a six-month courtship he told her he was willing to support her daughter, and that his “ home was furnished off nice;…