Marvin v. Marvin

Nov 15, 1889
Reporters:
Per Curiam.

Marriage: Duress. If a man lawfully arrested on process ‍‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‍for seduction marries the woman to procure his discharge, he cannot have the marriage avoided ‘upon the ‍‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‍ground of duress. been convicted will not alter the case, if the prosecution was The fact that ‍‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‍he subsequently discovers that he could not have upon probable cause, and not merely from malice. Bish. ‍‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‍Mar. and Div. sec. 212; 2 Kent, 453; Honnet v. Honnet, 33 Ark., 156.

The prosecution of the ‍‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‍appellant was upon probable cause.

Let the decree be affirmed.