Marriage, so far as its validity in law is concerned, is a civil contract, to which the consent of parties capable in law of contracting is essential. Michigan Reports: Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of Michigan - Side 201av Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, William Jennison, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - 1867Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
| Abraham Clark Freeman - 1903 - 1072 sider
...the party deceived would not have consented to the marriage. 4-a rji^g gtatutes of this state declare that marriage, so far as its validity in law is concerned,...parties, capable in law of contracting, is essential : 2 Rev. Stats. 138. It certainly docs differ from ordinary common-law contracts, by reason of its subject... | |
| 1904 - 1082 sider
...practised, the party deceived would not have consented to the marriage. The statutes of this state declare that marriage, so far as its validity in law is concerned,...parties, capable in law of contracting, is essential. 2 Rev. Stat. 1st ed. 138. It certainly does differ from ordinary common-law contracts by reason of its... | |
| George Elliott Howard - 1904 - 520 sider
...celebration in New York. 2 By the law of 1828 it was declared that a marriage, " so far as validity is concerned," is a civil contract " to which the consent of parties capable in law of contracting, shall be essential."— Revised Statutes, 1827-28, II, 138. 2 WEBSTEB, Opinion, Z S., 55, 59, 70. He... | |
| George Elliott Howard - 1904 - 524 sider
...requirements formally laid down. Thus, in Arkansas, Indian Territory, Oklahoma, Missouri, and New Mexico it is a civil contract to which the consent of parties capable in law of contracting is necessary.3 The same in substance is true of the statute of Louisiana, whose rhetorical Gallic phrases... | |
| 1904 - 980 sider
...providing "that marriage, so far as its validity in law is concerned, shall continue in this state a civil contract to which the consent of parties capable in law of contracting shall be essential," does not attempt to define the nature, attributes, or distinguishing features... | |
| Edward Voigt, Charles Voigt - 1904 - 836 sider
...evidence by the courts. CHAPTER XXXIV. MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE. SECTION I. MARRIAGE. The relation.— Marriage, so far as its validity in law is concerned, is a civil contract. It differs from an ordinary contract in that the rights and obligations of the parties are fixed by... | |
| 1905 - 460 sider
...to the marriage. The statutes of this State declare that marriage, as far Di Loreneo, v. Di Lorenzo. as its validity in law is concerned, is a civil contract,...parties, capable in law of contracting, is essential (2 RS, 138). It, certainly, does differ from ordinary common-law contracts, by reason of its subjectmatter... | |
| New York (State). Legislature. Assembly - 1906 - 1610 sider
...2. " Section 1. Marriage, so far as its validity in law is concerned, shall continue in this state a civil contract, to which the consent of parties, capable in law of contracting, shall be essential. " Section 2. Every male who shall have attained the full age of seventeen years,... | |
| United States. Bureau of the Census - 1909 - 532 sider
...Authorities: Statutes, 1878; Laws of 1897, 1901, 1905; General Statutes, 1894; Revised Laws, 1905. Definition: "Marriage, so far as its validity in law is concerned, is a civil contract, to which the consent of the parties, capable in law of contracting, is essential." Age at which minors are capable of marrying:... | |
| 1909 - 1304 sider
...general statute 'that marriage, so far as its validity in law is concerned, shall continue in this state a civil contract, to which the consent of parties, capable in law of contracting, shall be essential,' is not decisive of the question. This statute declares it a civil contract, as... | |
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