McCLURE v. DONOVAN

Docket No. L.A. 20340.

33 Cal.2d 717 (1949)

205 P.2d 17

MARTHA McCLURE, Respondent, v. LAURA ALPHA DONOVAN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

April 19, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irving M. Walker, Lee J. Myers and William Kay Crawford for Appellant.

Martin, Hahn & Camusi, James G. Butler and Horace L. Hahn for Respondent.


SPENCE, J.

As "sister of Jefferson D. Caruthers," Martha McClure brought an action to annul his marriage with defendant, Laura Alpha Donovan, upon the ground that "at the time" thereof he "was wholly incompetent and incapable by reason of incompetence, of contracting marriage," and he "continues to manifest that state of mind which renders him an incompetent person." It was further alleged that in the "purported marriage" defendant took "undue advantage of the mental...

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