BRILLIS v. BRILLIS


4 N.Y.2d 125 (1958)

Aspasia Brillis, Respondent, v. Petros Brillis, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided March 27, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard Meyerson and John Tsakoniotis for appellant.

Irving Markowitz, J. Nicholas Long and E. S. Wittes for respondent.

Chief Judge CONWAY and Judges DESMOND, DYE, FROESSEL, VAN VOORHIS and BURKE concur.


FULD, J.

As the court at Special Term and the unanimous Appellate Division decided, the evidence convincingly establishes plaintiff wife's right to an annulment on the ground of fraud.

The defendant, an alien seaman, was required to leave the United States by July 30, 1953. He knew that, if he became the husband of an American citizen, he would be entitled to return to this country as a nonquota immigrant...

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