The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-01-26
DISTRICT AND COUNTY
COURT HAPPENINGS
Presiding Judges:
Hon. #. w. Champion, Dist. Court.
Hon. w. +. Winfrey, County Court.

Alleging that her marriage to Ell
mer Harrell was a pretended mar
riage. Salema Harrell by her mother,
Allie Potts, has filed suit in the
district court against him, asking that
the marriage be declared null and
void, and that she be restored to
her maiden name, Salema Potts.
In her petition. the plaintiff alleges
that on February End, 1917, the pre-
tended marriage took place at Waurika
and that she and her husband lived
together until May, 1920, at which
TINE she separated from the defend
ant. The plaintiff states that mar
riage was null and void because at
the time the ceremony took place, she
was under 10 years of age, and did
not have the consent of her parents
Prior to arriving at the age of giving
consent and at d sufficient age to rati-
fy and confirm the pretended marriage,
alleges the plaintiff, she disapprove1l
and now dlssaffirms the pretended |
marriage.
Plaintiff states that the postoffic e
and business address of the defendai It
are unknown at the present tim e.,
ana that when he was last heard fro IN
/ he was temporarily located at Wichita
Falls, Texas.
Champion and George are the at
torneys for the plaintiff in the ca Sc.
In an effort to have ,annulled the
marriage of her ward, Mamie Cope
| hinhaver, to Tom Copehinhaver, Hat
lie Hopson, guardian, has filed suit
in the district court.
| In her petition, the plaintiff fflleges
that her ward, Mamie was ad judged
Incompetent, and TO be of u nsound
mind In the county court of Wise
county, Texas, and that for tn at rea-
son the girl was incompetent to enter
into a marriage contract such. as oc-
CURED when the marriage of the
couple took place at Heal dton on
January 23rd, 1921.
The plaintiff alleges that the de-
fendant, over the protest of the plain
tiff, insists on continuing the mar
riage relationship.
Besides asking that the n marriage be
annuled, the plaintiff askj that the
attendant be required to pay 500
for the expense Of the burt action
and that he be restrained from fur
ther association with Man lie, or inter-
/ ference with the plaintiff in the exer-
else of her guardiansh o.. Plaintiff
further requests that lier ward be
restored 10 her maiden nrme.
] Suit for iudpfnapt in ,ho .,,,,, n -
$4,000 has been filed against w. ID.
Davis in the district court by w. A.
Joyce. Both the pri Icipals in the
case are residents OF ffesldton.
In his petition, Joy ce alleges that
the defendant, who is known as
Pike" Davis, Undue ed Odessa, his
wife, TO desert him, iand to live in a
house of bad repute at Healdton, OF
which Davis is alleged TO be part
owner. The plaintiff further alleges
that the defendant induced his wife
to commence proce edings for divorce
against him, TO inake untrue and
false statements IL her petition for
divorce. which alleged cruelty, abuse
by profane langus .ge, and other ale
cations, all of which Joyce denied in
an aswer to her petition.
Davis alleges that his wife left
him TO be harbor,a by Davis on Christ
mas Day, December 25th, 1920.
ID. W. Weldon Is the attorney for the
plaintiff in this case.
Alleging gross neglect. Hattie Pearl
Sanders has flied suit for divorce in
the district court against G. d. Sand
ers. In her pc tition the plaintiff asks
that she be restored to her maiden
name, Helen I'earl Peters. The Sand
ers were married at Joplin, Mo-, on
November 4th. 1919, according TO the
petition OF the plaintiff.
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