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Married Too Soon

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Parent Issue
Day
17
Month
December
Year
1897
Copyright
Public Domain
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Jane 1 Martba Fleming enered snit in the circnit oonrt for a divorce froin her husband William Plemiug, who waa then residing in Detroit. Both parties to the snit are colorea and the man in the case evideutly knew very little abont fvhat legal papers mean. An offlcer served the snmmons iu the snit npon bin and after puzzling over the paper for some time Fleming made up his niind that bis wife had already got a divoroe from bim and straightway weut and married a Detroit colored woman. The case thns became a somewhat oomplicated one as Fleming was Hable to be prcsecnted for bigamy. However, matters were straightened ont all right Friday morniug vphen Judge Kinne, after íaking all the circuiustanoes of the oase into consideratiou, grauted the decree of divorce and thus legalized Fleming's marrige.

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Subjects
Ann Arbor Argus
Old News