Keyes v. Keyes
The Superior Court of the City of New York and Buffalo
Action by Eliza Keyes against Benjamin Keyes to annul the marriage on the ground of fraud. Judgment for plaintiff.
1Opinion of the CourtMcADAM, J.
The defendant, by fraudulently misrepresenting himself as an honest, industrious man, induced the plaintiff, a confiding young woman, to become his wife. If the misrepresentation had been as to the defendant’s social position, rank, fortune, manners, or the like, they would have furnished no ground for declaring the marriage void. Fabrications and exaggerations of. this kind, while not commendable, are so common as to be tolerated by the law on grounds of public policy. Persons intending to act upon such representations must verify them at their peril, for, though they enter into the…
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