Johns v. Johns

Citations

• 44 Tex. 40

Syllabus

<p>Divorce.—A marriage consummated while the man is under arrest for seducing the woman, and on the advice of the officers of the law and by-standers that, by marrying, the party under arrest would be relieved from further prosecution, is valid. The marriage contract cannot be avoided under such circumstances on the ground that it was consummated under duress.</p>