De Santis v. De Santis

Action to annul marriage.

The plaintiff herein had previously been married to one Catherine De Santis. On March 1, 1947, the latter recovered a final judgment of divorce in this State against the plaintiff herein on the ground of adultery. Less than three years later, viz., on December 28,1949, and without having obtained judicial *17permission to remarry, the plaintiff herein went through a ceremonial marriage with the defendant herein in Brooklyn, New York. There is no issue of that union. The plaintiff admits that he married the defendant knowing that he was prohibited from doing so by law.…