Campione v. Campione

This is an action brought to annul the marriage entered into by the parties, first, on the ground of the fraud of the defendant, and secondly, that the marriage was incestuous.

The first cause of action was dismissed at the trial and we are, therefore, concerned only with the second cause of action. The plaintiff, on a visit to Italy, met the defendant who is her mother’s brother and, therefore, her uncle. After an acquaintanceship of some six months, the parties were married on April 22,1948, in the city of Corato, Province of Bari, Italy. Such a marriage is forbidden by article 87 of the…