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Whitehouse v. Whitehouse

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided March 7, 1930PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBarnes, J.

This action is on a libel filed for the annulment of marriage, brought under authorization of Sec. 15, Chap. 65, R. S. of Me.

The allegation is in brief that on November 2, 1928, libelant entered into the contract of marriage, on representation by libelee that she was then pregnant by him, and that this representation was false and fraudulent.

At the time of marriage libelant was about eighteen years of age and libelee about seventeen.

The libelant having had sexual intercourse with libelee prior to her representation of pregnancy, we may conclude that he believed her condition to be what she…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Randall v. KreigerSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
  2. Browning v. BrowningSupreme Court of Kansas · 1913
  3. Lyon v. LyonIllinois Supreme Court · 1907
  4. Merrell v. MooreCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1907
  5. Avakian v. AvakianNew Jersey Court of Chancery · 1905

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Mitchell v. MitchellSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1940
  2. Dolan v. DolanSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1969
  3. Dolan v. DolanSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1969
  4. Dolan v. DolanSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1969
  5. In Re RebenSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1975

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