Neither party to a contract to marry is bound by a promise made in ignorance of the other’s want of personal chastity, and either is released therefrom by unchaste conduct on the part of the other, unless both parties participate therein.

[(32-208) R.S., sec. 2427; reen. R.C. & C.L., sec. 2618; C.S., sec. 4598; I.C.A., sec. 31-208.]