Selakoff v. Selakoff

In this action to annul a marriage the defendant interposed an answer and, though represented by counsel on the trial, did not actively defend.

I find that on the date of the plaintiff’s marriage to the defendant in this city February 28, 1948, the plaintiff was less than seventeen-years old. The defendant treated the plaintiff with contempt and brutality and refused to support her. In March, 1948, they were separated for a few days but were reconciled on the defendant’s promise to mend his ways. The reconciliation, however, was of short duration and on April 2, 1948, following another violent…