Joseph Dacunzo, Plaintiff-Respondent v. Eleanor Edgye, Falsely Called Eleanor Dacunzo, Defendant-Appellant

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey affirmed the lower courts' judgment that the ceremonial marriage was absolutely void under N.J. Stat. 8:37:1-10 and that the statute applies even when an impediment later removed. The court held that the statute abolished all common‑law marriages after December 1, 1939 and that children of the void marriage remain legitimate.