Court Opinion

ID: 7355800
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-26 04:14:19.242291+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:20:28.929695
License: Public Domain

GIEGERICH, J.
The defendant in an action for a separation has interposed a counterclaim to annul his marriage to the plaintiff on the ground of his own physical incapacity. Such a counterclaim cannot be asserted. Section 1770 of the Code of Civil Procedure, relative to counterclaims in matrimonial actions, confines the right of counterclaim to counterclaims for a divorce or a separation, and by implication excludes a counterclaim- to annul a marriage. Durham v. Durham, 99 App. Div. 450, 91 N. Y. Supp. 295; Taylor v. Taylor, 25 Misc. Rep. 568, 55 N. Y. Supp. 1052.
Demurrer sustained, with costs.