Gould v. Gould
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action for a divorce or a decree of nullity, brought to the Superior Court in Hartford County and heard on default before Thayer, J., who dismissed the complaint.
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, J.
In 1895 a statute was enacted, of which the first section reads as follows: “No man and woman, either of whom is epileptic, imbecile, or feeble-minded, shall intermarry, or live together as husband and wife, when the woman is under forty-five years of age. Any person violating or attempting to violate any of the provisions of this section shall be imprisoned in the State prison not less than three years.” Public Acts of 1895, p. 667, Chap. 325. Of. General S'tatutes, § 1354. In 1899 the plaintiff, at the age of twenty-two, married the defendant, who was an epileptic. In 1903 a child was born,…
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