Cunningham v. Cunningham

Cunningham v. Cunningham was a 1913 New York State Supreme Court case by Justice Greenbaum that set the precedent that allowed the state to annul a marriage even if the marriage occurred in another state's jurisdiction.^[1] She was 17 and he was 40.

References

1. ^ "Child's Marriage Annulled. Precedent for New York Established in the Cunningham Case". New York Times. March 22, 1913. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9505E6DD173FE633A25751C2A9659C946296D6CF. Retrieved 2010-07-10. "After three years of litigation Mrs. Anna Prell Cunningham, daughter of a Cedar Street restaurateur, obtained yesterday an annulment of her marriage to William Cunningham, to whom she was married in New Jersey on Jan. 30, 1910, when she was only 17 years of age. The application for an annulment was denied in November, 1910, by Supreme Court Justice Greenbaum, and his decision was upheld in June, 1911, by the Appellate Division."