Marvin v. Marvin

Decided November 15, 1889

Supreme Court of Arkansas · decided 1889-11-15

G. S. Cunningham, Judge. This was an action brought by William H. Marvin against his wife, Edna Marvin, for divorce, on the ground that the plaintiff consented to the marriage contract under duress.

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Decided 1889-11-15

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Cited by 9 later decisions — most recently December 1979

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Per Curiam.

¶1Marriage: Duress. If a man lawfully arrested on process for seduction marries the woman to procure his discharge, he cannot have the marriage avoided 'upon the ground of duress. been convicted will not alter the case, if the prosecution was The fact that he subsequently discovers that he could not have upon probable cause, and not merely from malice. Bish. Mar. and Div. sec. 212; 2 Kent, 453; Honnet v. Honnet, 33 Ark., 156.

¶2The prosecution of the appellant was upon probable cause.

¶3Let the decree be affirmed.