Littleton v. . Haar
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal from Ward, J., at December Term; 1911, of New IÍANOVER. This case was beard in tbe Superior Court upon a ease agreed, wbicb is, in substance, as follows: Tbe defendant is Register of Deeds of New Hanover County, and on or about 27 December, 1910, issued a license for tbe marriage of Ednia Littleton, daughter of plaintiff, and, at tbe time, under eighteen years of age.
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Appeal from Ward, J., at December Term; 1911, of New IÍANOVER. This case was beard in tbe Superior Court upon a ease agreed, wbicb is, in substance, as follows: Tbe defendant is Register of Deeds of New Hanover County, and on or about 27 December, 1910, issued a license for tbe marriage of Ednia Littleton, daughter of plaintiff, and, at tbe time, under eighteen years of age. Consent of tbe father to tbe marriage of bis daughter was never given, but instead tbe written consent of her mother, Melia Littleton. At tbe time tbe mother’s consent was given and tbe license was applied for and issued,…
1Opinion of the Court
Walker, J.,
after stating tbe case: Tbe Revisal, sec. 2088, provides that where either party to a proposed marriage is under eighteen years of age and resides with tbe father, or mother, or uncle, or aunt, or brother, or elder sister, . . . tbe register of deeds shall not issue a license for such marriage until tbe consent in writing of tbe relation with whom such infant resides, or, if be or she resides at a school, of tbe person by whom tbe minor was placed at school, “and under whose custody or control be or she is,” shall be delivered to him, and tbe written consent shall be filed and…
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