Stapleberg v. Stapleberg
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Suit to have a marriage declared void, and to obtain alimony, brought to and tried by the Superior Court in Fairfield County, Gager, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff, and appeal by the defendant.
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Suit to have a marriage declared void, and to obtain alimony, brought to and tried by the Superior Court in Fairfield County, Gager, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff, and appeal by the defendant. The plaintiff and defendant, of German birth and related to each other in the degree of uncle and niece, and both at the time residents of Danbury in this State, were married in the State of New York on June 16th, 1899, Each knew of their relationship, and each was ignorant of any law forbidding their marriage and believed that they could lawfully marry. The law of New York…
1Opinion of the CourtPrentice, J.
The court below having found that the plaintiff and defendant had entered into a void marriage contract, that the defendant was the owner of real estate of the value of $10,000, and that $1,100 was a just and equitable portion of his estate to assign to the plaintiff, and other incidental facts, rendered judgment declaring said marriage void and that the defendant pay the plaintiff $1,100 as alimony.
No question is made as to the power of the General Assembly to authorize such judicial action. The defendant’s main contention, expressed in several forms in the reasons of appeal, is to the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Rawson v. StateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1848
- State v. NeunerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1881
- Allen v. AllenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1876
3Cited by25 opinions
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