Atkinson v. Atkinson

Kelby, J.:

The plaintiff wife, after marriage to the defendant nearly twenty-two years ago, brought an action for separation against her husband, alleging cruelty and abandonment as the grounds. The defendant set up, as an affirmative defense, that prior to the performance of the ceremonial marriage with him, and on February 8, 1881, *661the plaintiff had been married to one Robert H. Boyd; that such marriage had not been annulled or dissolved, and that Boyd was living at the time of the performance of the ceremonial marriage aforesaid. The defendant also alleged that the ceremony between him and…