Case Name: Andrew Huston v. Robert Ayres Clerk
Court: Fayette County Court
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1797-09
Citations: 1 Add. 346
Docket Number: 
Parties: Andrew Huston v. Robert Ayres Clerk.
Judges: 
Reporter: Addison
Volume: 1
Pages: 346–346

Head Matter:
Andrew Huston v. Robert Ayres Clerk.
THE plaintiff declared for 50l. as a penalty for marrying his daughter, without having a certificate of his consent.

Opinion:
President
suggested, that the 1st section of the act of assembly, which requires a certificate of consent, previous to the publication of a marriage, has no penalty annexed to it; and that the 2d section imposes the penalty of 50l. for joining in marriage, without publication.
It was agreed, that the defendant should pay the costs, and the plaintiff wave all further proceedings.