Marshall
Marshall v. Marshall
Opinion
Lead Opinion
This appeal is from a judgment of the trial court denying a decree of annulment of the marriage of the plaintiff and defendant in the action therefor instituted by the plaintiff, after her marriage with the defendant and the consummation thereof, and after she had lived with the defendant for a period of several months. The basis of the plaintiff’s action was the alleged fraud of the defendant in procuring her consent to enter into the marriage, which she alleged consisted in the false and fraudulent representation of the defendant that he was a man of means, having sufficient funds and income to provide for the plaintiff’s support and maintenance during their married life, and that he would support and maintain her in the position in life to which she was accustomed, upon which alleged false and fraudulent representation the plaintiff avers that she relied in consenting, entering into and consummating said marriage. The plaintiff sets forth in detail the extent to which the representations of the defendant in the foregoing regard were unfounded and the humiliation she suffered thereby, and on account whereof she left the defendant and ceased to cohabit with him when the fact of…