Jackson v. Ruby
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On exceptions by petitioner. This is a petition praying for annulment of marriage on the ground that defendant was at the time of the marriage pregnant with child by another man, and did not disclose the facts to her husband, but told him that she was pregnant by him as they had had sexual intercourse before their marriage. The cause was heard by the presiding Justice without the intervention of a jury who denied the petition, and plaintiff took exceptions.
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On exceptions by petitioner. This is a petition praying for annulment of marriage on the ground that defendant was at the time of the marriage pregnant with child by another man, and did not disclose the facts to her husband, but told him that she was pregnant by him as they had had sexual intercourse before their marriage. The cause was heard by the presiding Justice without the intervention of a jury who denied the petition, and plaintiff took exceptions. Case stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtDeasy, J.
The petitioner prays for the annulment of his marriage with the defendant on the ground as set forth in the petition and found to be frue by the Superior Court Justice who heard the case “that on June 17, 1920 respondent was pregnant by another man than the petitioner, and that when she married him she knew her pregnancy was not of his begetting.”
The court also found in effect that the parties had before the marriage had sexual relations and that the petitioner believed the assurances of the respondent that he was the father of her unborn child. In denying the petition the Justice ruled as…
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