Campbell

This is a suit brought by a wife, an adult, against her husband, a minor, to have her marriage to the minor husband annulled. Defendant appeared by his guardian ad litem and admitted the allegations of the complaint and prayed for like relief.

The record shows that the case came on regularly for trial on February 19, 1924, the plaintiff appearing by counsel, “the defendant not being present and not being represented,” etc. The court found the facts as follows:

“I. That plaintiff and defendant are residents of the County of Los Angeles, State of California; that a Marriage License was issued to them on June 12th, 1922, by the County Clerk of San Bernardino County, California, and that they thereafter, and pursuant to said Marriage License, went through a marriage ceremony.

“II. That at the time of said ceremony, defendant was under the age of twenty-one years, and he did not then and there, or at all, have the consent, either verbally or written, of either one of his parents or of his guardian to said marriage, and no written consent of any kind, character or nature whatsoever was filed with the County Clerk of San Bernardino County at the time of issuing the Marriage License…