Fernández Morales v. García Santiago

Antonio Fernández Morales filed a complaint against his wife, Lydia E. Garcia Santiago, and her parents, for annulment of marriage in the former Arecibo Section of the District Court of Puerto Rico. The complaint is based on two contentions, to wit: (a) alleged coercion or intimidation by the Justice of the Peace of Bárceloneta in saying to the plaintiff at Police Headquarters that if he did not marry, he would be prosecuted for seduction, and that if he married, the Justice of the Peace would later help him obtain a divorce or annulment of the marriage; (b) that his wife was under 16 years…