State Compensation Fund v. Foughty

STEVENS, Judge.

The issue before this Court is whether misrepresentations as to religious beliefs, the falsity of which are discovered after a marriage ceremony, can be such an impediment to the marriage as to constitute grounds for annulment.

In this opinion we will refer to Dolores J. Foughty as the widow or as the claimant. The claimant and Roy Foughty were joined in marriage on 18 June 1947. Two children were born of this union. Roy Foughty died on 31 August 1963 as the result of an industrial accident. An award was entered in favor of the claimant, who was then his surviving widow, and in…