Todd v. Todd

Citations

• 149 Pa. 60
• 24 A. 128
• 1892 Pa. LEXIS 1062

Syllabus

<p>Divorce—Act of May 8, 1854—Marriage procured by “fraud, force or coercion.”</p> <p>Under the act of May 8, 1854, to authorize a divorce on the ground ol fraud, it is necessary that the statement relied on should be untrue in fact and that the libelant should have been deceived by it; and where threats are relied upon to establish coercion, they must be such threats against the life, or to do bodily harm, as would overpower the judgment and coerce the will.</p>