Baker v. Baker

Opinion by

Keller, J.,

Where a marriage has been contracted by a person having a husband or wife living at the time, the courts of common pleas are authorized by the Act of April 14, 1859, P. L. 647, to decree the said supposed or alleged marriage to be null and void, subject to two qualifications: (1) The application for the decree must be made by an innocent or injured party; and (2) the jurisdiction is to be exercised and the proceedings conducted according to the principles and forms which are or shall be prescribed by law for cases of divorce from the bond of matrimony.(1) We think the…