Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 1890

Googins v. Googins

Googins v. Googins
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Decided November 28, 1890 · Field
152 Mass. 533; 25 N.E. 833; 1890 Mass. LEXIS 122

Googins v. Googins

Opinion of the Court

Field, C. J.

At the time when the marriage between these parties was solemnized within this Commonwealth, the libellee was prohibited by statute from marrying within the Commonwealth. Pub. Sts. c. 146, § 22.

The marriage was therefore void. White v. White, 105 Mass. 325. Thompson v. Thompson, 114 Mass. 566. Cook v. Cook, 144 Mass. 163. Decree for the libellant.

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