Another short and sweet case (or maybe not so sweet for the defendant). John Grey evidently sued Josia Milner to force her to recognize a marriage solemnized between them three years before. Her defence was that she was already married at that time to a man named John Nelson, thus nullifying her marriage with Grey.Continue reading “John Grey c. Josia Milner”
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Elizabeth Kirkhouse c. Richard Haymond and Emma Cowper
In this lawsuit, the deponents, including defendant Richard Haymond himself, all tell different parts of the same story, that Richard was already married to Elizabeth Kirkhouse when a year later he bigamously married Emma Cowper. The point of the lawsuit was clearly to annul Haymond’s marriage to Cowper so that he could resume his spousalContinue reading “Elizabeth Kirkhouse c. Richard Haymond and Emma Cowper”
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