Legal Opinion

Gilels v. Gilels

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided April 15, 1936PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Order affirmed, with ten dollars costs and disbursements. All concur, except Sears, P. J., who dissents and votes for reversal on the ground that the wording of the statute is such as to make it refer to marriage contracts contracted before the date of the enactment of the statute (Civ. Prac. Act, § 1137), in view of the provision of section 7 of the Domestic Relations Law, declaring the marriage of an insane person voidable, and further declaring it void from the date it is so pronounced by a court of competent jurisdiction. (The order dismisses the first cause of action in an action to…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Gilels v. GilelsNew York Supreme Court · 1935

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Parente v. WengerNew York Supreme Court · 1983

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