Lapides v. Lapides

The plaintiff seeks to recover the expense she was put to and the damage she sustained, as the result of an action brought by her husband to annul their marriage.

The annulment action resulted in a dismissal of the complaint after trial at Special Term of the Supreme Court; a reversal by the Appellate Division which granted the annulment, and a final determination of the litigation by the Court of Appeals reversing the decision of the Appellate Division and dismissing the complaint of the husband.

The complaint which is being tested by this motion apparently was drafted upon the theory of an…