Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1921-04-15

Inc object OF this suit is to procure n
decree OF annulment of marriage on the
part OF Keith M. Gaylor from his wife.
Harriet Ann Upper Gaylor, minor, and
nonresident Of the State of Maryland.
The bill states in substance that for sew.
eral years last past the complainant. vii
liam II. Gaylor, and the equitable plaintiff
Keith M. Gaylor, have been residents of the
State OF Maryland, the equitable plaintiff
at the present time being domiciled in the
county OF Montgomery, and that the de-
iendant is a nonresident of the State of
Maryland. t0-wit. of the District of Column
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mat the parties to this suit namely. the
equitable plaintiff, and the defendant, went
through form OF marriage ceremony on
the second day OF December. A. d. 1920.
the officiating minister having been the
Kew. Howard F. Downs of No. 3O8 A street
northeast, Washington, d. C.
That there are no children as a result Of
this union.
That the complainant in this cause never
in fact, consented to the marriage of the
equitable plaintiff and the defendant the
same having been null and void by reason
OF the fact that the said equitable plain-
tiff was but Of the age of eighteen years
and the defendant but of the aee of fifteen
years at the time of the form Of marriage
ceremony,
That the parents of the said defendant
never In TACT consented to the marriage and
the complainant forbade his son, the euui-
table plaintiff. from living with the said
defendant upon learning Of said marriage,
That the marriage is further null and
void on account of the MISREPRESENTATION
OF the equitable plaintiff and the defend
ant, to-wit, that he. the said equitable
piaintiii, was OF the age of twenty-one
years, and that the said defendant was of
the age OF twenty-One years, when in truth
and in fact the equitable plaintiff was but
eiehteen years OF age and the said de-
fendant was but fifteen years old.
That since learning of the alleaed mar.
rage ceremony your complainant took
charge OF the equitable and remanded
him. the said equitable plaintiff in his
custody, refusing to allow him to continue
to live with the said defendant, because
ne, the complainant, is Informed and be-
iieves, that the marriage was void and of
no effect because of the said misrepresen-
tations as to age, the consent of neither
OF the parties to the alleged act of mar
rage having been granted or given.
That complainant is opposed TO the
affirmation Of the said form of marriage
ceremony and refuses to allow the eouits-
BILE plaintiff to continue the same tha,
this enforced separation Of the parties is
final and absolute.
1t is thereupon this 18th day of March
A. D. 1921, ordered by the Circuit Conrf
Tor Montgomery county. sitting as a Court
OF Equity, that the complainant. by cans.
ing copy of this order to be inserted i'm
some newspaper published in said Mont.
somery county. Nd. once in each of fonr
successive weeks before the 18th day of
April, A. d. 1921. give notice to the said
nonresident defendant. Harriet Ann Tun-
per. OF the object and substance of this
bill Of complaint filed in this cause. warn.
ing her to appear in this Court in person
or by solicitor.on or before the 3rd day of
May, A. d. 1921, next. to show cause. If anv
she has. why decree should not be passed
as prayed.
PRESTON B. RAY, Clerk
Circuit Court for Montgomery county.
True copy-Test
PRESTON B. RAY,
mar lo-tu Clerk.