Court Opinion

ID: 9826209
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-01 15:34:31.791353+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:41:56.621790
License: Public Domain

Mr. Justice Fraser.
I cannot concur with Mr. Justice Watts. I think the statement that he construes to be a statement of fact is not a statement of fact, but a conclusion of law. Ordinarily the word “cohabit” means living *303together as man and wife. Under our statute, I think a single act is enough to shut the door to an annulment of marriage. The testimony does not satisfy me that the plaintiff’s cause is within the statute. This is a hard case, but the integriy of our marriage law is at stake, and I think it better that an individual should suffer than that the law itself should be annulled.