Case Name: Neil Quigg, an infant, by his guardian, Plaintiff, v. Nellie Quigg, Defendant
Court: New York Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1903-12
Citations: 42 Misc. 48
Docket Number: 
Parties: Neil Quigg, an infant, by his guardian, Plaintiff, v. Nellie Quigg, Defendant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 42
Pages: 48–48

Head Matter:
Neil Quigg, an infant, by his guardian, Plaintiff, v. Nellie Quigg, Defendant.
(Supreme Court, Kings Special Term for Trials,
December, 1903.)
Action by a husband to annul a marriage — False representations of his that he had attained the age of legal consent at the time of the marriage not a defense.
It is not a defense to an action to annul a marriage, brought by the plaintiff on the ground that he had not attained the necessary legal age when the marriage was consummated, for the defendant to plead that he then fraudulently represented to her that he was of legal age, that she believed him and was thereby deceived into marrying him.
Action to annul a marriage on the ground that the plaintiff had not attained the age of legal consent.
Maurice Y. Theall for plaintiff.
Francis M. Applegate for defendant,

Opinion:
Gaynor, J.:
It is pleaded as a defense that the plaintiff fraudulently represented to the defendant that he was of the legal age, viz., eighteen years, and that she believed him and was thereby deceived into marrying him. This is no defense (New York Building Loan Co. v. Fisher, 23 App. Div. 363).
Judgment for the plaintiff.