Matthes v. Matthes
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; the Hon. Charles M. Foell, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the March term, 1915.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Pam
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an appeal from a decree dismissing for want of equity the bill of complainant (appellant) to annul his marriage with the defendant (appellee).
The amended bill of complaint (which was filed November 6, 1913) alleged that a marriage ceremony was performed between the parties hereto on March 20, 1913; that at the time of said marriage complainant was under the age of eighteen years; that under the statute of our State he was therefore not capable of consenting to or entering into a marriage contract. The bill further alleged…
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