FORTIN v. FORTIN

No. 5222.

106 N.H. 208 (1965)

JOSEPH H. FORTIN v. ALMA ALICE FORTIN.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

Decided March 31, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lemieux & St. Pierre (Mr. Robert A. St. Pierre orally), for the plaintiff.

Sheehan, Phinney, Bass, Green & Bergevin (Mr. Gerard O. Bergevin orally), for the defendant.


KENISON, C.J.

"Generally speaking, the concealment of a previous marriage or divorce, or a misrepresentation with respect thereto, is not such a fraud as will constitute ground for annulment." 3 Nelson, Divorce and Annulment s. 31.41 (2d ed. 1945). It is the general rule supported by the weight of authority that the concealment of a previous marriage terminated by divorce is an insufficient ground for annulment. Cassin v. Cassin, 264 Mass...

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