Woodmansee v. Woodmansee

DIFFENDAFFER, C.

On June 29, 1914, Tsa-Me-Tsa (Mary Buffalo), an Osage Indian, then a little past 15 years of age, and Manderville Woodmansee, were married at Independence, Kan. On November 21, 1916, she filed in the district court of Osage county a verified petition for divorce. As grounds therefor, she alleged abandonment for more than one year and extreme cruelty. She also made certain allegations to the effect that defendant had willfully misrepresented her age at the time he procured the marriage license, and that defendant had falsely and fraudulently represented to plaintiff that she…