110 Misc. 114 | N.Y. Sup. Ct. | 1920
Plaintiff sues to annul her marriage on the ground of fraud. She asserts that for the purpose of inducing her to consent to the marriage the defendant falsely and fraudulently represented to her that he would marry her according to the required Hebrew religious ceremony; that relying thereupon, on August 1, 1919, she married the defendant in the office of the city clerk; that at that time she did not realize that she had been legally married; that in response to the clerk’s question in regard to a Jewish ceremony the defendant replied that it would be held shortly thereafter; that the parties have never cohabited; that the defendant postponed setting the date for the Hebrew ceremony on several occasions, and that finally, in the presence of the plaintiff’s mother, he absolutely refused to have such a ceremony performed, stating that he did not believe in it, nor did he believe in the Jewish religion nor in God. The plaintiff has testified that she has not seen nor heard from the defendant since the latter part of September, 1919, although she attempted to communicate with him on numerous occasions; that she has always lived with her mother, at the latter’s home, and that the defendant has lived separate and apart from her, and in no way whatsoever has he contributed to her support. The plaintiff’s mother testified that she would never have consented to the marriage if the defendant had not misrepresented that he was going to have celebrated a Hebrew ceremony; that she attended the synagogue regularly, was orthodox, and that her married son had been married by a rabbi, in accordance with the religious requirements. The false and fraudulent representations made by the defendant to the plaintiff were such as to authorize this court to annul the marriage. These misrepresentations were material and. elemental, because without them the plaintiff
Judgment for plaintiff.
