Cochran v. State

Simmons, Justice.

Under section 1699 of the code, a female fourteen years of age is capable of contracting a valid marriage; and although the law prescribes a penalty for issuing a license for the marriage of a female under the age of eighteen years, unless the written consent of the parent or guardian of the female is produced, it has never, so far as we are informed, been held that the marriage of a female in this State between the ages of fourteen and eighteen was in the least degree invalid because the license authorizing the marriage had been issued without observing the requirement above…