Knoll v. Knoll

The purpose of this action, as originally brought, was to secure a divorce. An amended complaint was filed in which it was alleged that the marriage contract between the parties was void, but entered into in good faith. The defendant answered and, among other things, alleged affirmatively that the plaintiff, at the time the marriage ceremony here sought to be annulled was performed, had not been legally divorced from a former husband. The affirmative defense was denied by a reply. The cause in due time came on for trial before the court, and at the conclusion of the plaintiff’s evidence, the…