Jordan v. Courtney

BROWN, Justice..This appeal is from a decree of the Circuit Court of Houston County sitting in equity dismissing the complainant’s bill on the ground that the court was without jurisdiction to grant the complainant relief.

The bill is by the innocent party to the alleged transaction, seeking to annul a bigamous ceremonial marriage performed by the Judge of Probate of Houston County, Alabama, by authority of a marriage license issued in said county and a return and record made thereof in the probate office of said county. The bill invokes the general equity jurisdiction of the court and not its…