Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1912-07-10
ORLEANS COUNTY COURT
Edgar r. Niles VS.. Viola G. Lake

Edgar r. Niles VS.. Viola @. Lake
Whereas Edgar r. Niles, of Albany, In
the County OF Orleans, has filed In the Of
flee of the clerk of Orles ns County Court
his petition for annullment of marriage,
setting forth in substance, that Viola g.
Lake of Somerville, in the county o. MID
dlesex and Commonwealth of Massachu-
sets, heretofore, 70 wit, on the 10th DAY
of NOvem Der, A. d. 1869, at Newport, in
the county of Orleans. well knowing that
she was not pregnant with child, and in
tending to deceive and defraud the peti.
toner, then and there fraudulently repre-
sented and assert ed to the petitioner that
she was then and there pregnant and quick
with child, and that he was the father of
said child, and then and there intending
to deceive, defraud and coerce the petit
toner into marrying her, then and there
fs lsely and fraudulently represented and
asserted to the petitioner, and charging
him with having begotten her with said
child, and then and there threatened
the petitioner that unless he mar
rted her then and there she would
make application to Justice of the Peace,
in accordance with the laws of this State,
charging the petitioner with having be-
gotten her with said child, and then and
there threatened to have warrant issued
and the petitioner placed under arrest un-
less the petitioner then and there married
her, and thereafterwards, on, to wit, the
18th day of November A. D. 1909, the said
Viola q. Lake, at Newport In said County
intending to deceive and defraud the petit
toner, offered and prop sed to marry him.
and to refrain from making complaint to
Justice Of the Peace as aforesaid, and to
refrain from having the petitioner arrest
ed as aforesaid in accordance with her
said offer and proposition; and the petit
ttoner confiding In the representations and
assertions Of the pet itionee 80 made by her
Of ha n
18th day of November, A. d. 1909, at New
port aforesaid, entered into q contract OF
marriage with her, and they were then and
there married by the Reverend CD. Lance,
Minister of the Gospel, then and there
dulv authorized by the laws of the State
Of Vermont to solemnize marriages.
And furth her averrinQ that said petitfonee
was Lot pregnant with child at the time Of
said marriage; and averring that she false
ly and fraudulently deceived an
defrauded him into said marriage
that on, too to wit, the the list day o
in the State OF New Ramps hire, he discov
cred that she had deceived and defraudet
him, and that he then an there refused t.
co-habit with her. And praying that sale
marriage be annulled in accordance will
the statute In such case made and provid
ed.
And 1t being made to appear that tn
said Viola @. Lake Is without this State, 81
that citation cannot be served upon her
Therefore, it is ordered that notice of tn
tendency of said petition be given her b
publication of the substance thereof, to
gether with this order In the Orlean
County Monitor, newspaper pu blished q
Barton, in the County of Orleans, thre
weeks SUCCESSFULLY, the last OF which pub
LEGATIONS to be at least six weeks prior
the first day OF the next term of Orlean
County Court, to be held at Newport !
the County of Orleans. on the 10th day {
September, A. d. 1912, at which time til
said Viola G.Lake is ordered to appear an
show cause, II any she may have, why til
prayer OF said petition should not
granted.
Given under my hand at Newport, in tt
County Of Orleans the lot day of July,
d. 1912.
H. B CUSHMAN, Clerk
w. w. REIRDEN, Attorney for Petition
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