Griffith v Griffith
| Jurisdiction | Ireland |
| Judgment Date | 01 January 1944 |
| Date | 01 January 1944 |
| Court | High Court |
Petition for annulment -Grounds upon which relief will be granted -Absence of real consent on part of petitioner -False statement made by respondent to the petitioner as to the paternity of her child - Threat to the petitioner of a criminal prosecution - Fearinduced by such threat - Invalidity of the marriage - Decree for annulment.
Petitioner, an apprentice aged 19 years, went through the ceremony of marriage with the respondent, being induced to do so by the threat of a criminal prosecution made by the respondent and her mother by whom he was accused of having unlawful carnal knowledge of the respondent, then under seventeen years of age, with the result, they alleged, that the respondent was then pregnant by him—this statement as to the paternity of the respondent's child being false. This threat of criminal proceedings with the resulting scandal and publicity to him and his family, together with the fear of conviction and...
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