(1861)

 

193

9 HLC

  


 


James W. Brook and Others,—Appellants; Charles Brook and Others—and the Attorney-General,—Respondents


House of Lords


Original Citation: (1861) 9 HLC 193

English Reports Citation: 11 E.R. 703


Feb. 25, 26, 28, March 18, 1861.


Marriage - Conflict of Laws - Personal Disability - Prohibited Degrees - Statutes 28 H. 8, c. 7, and c. 16 - 32 H. 8, c. 38 - 5 and 6 W. 4, c. 54.


Mews' Dig. iii. 478; vii. 626, 630, 633, 635, 649; viii. 216. S.C. 7 Jur. N.S. 422 4 L.T. 93; 9 W.R. 461; 5 Rul. Cas. 783; and, below, 27 L.J.Ch. 401; 3 Sm. and G. 481. Considered and acted upon, as to conflict of laws, in In re Alison's Trusts, 1874, 31 L.T. 639; and Sottomayor v. De Barros, L.R. 1877, 2 P.D. 87; 3 P.D. 6. As to marriage with deceased wife's sister, adopted in Howarth v. Mills, 1866, L.R. 2 Eq. 392; and Pawson v. Brown, 1879, 13 Ch.D. 205. As to ex-territorial application of English Acts, cf. Whicker v. Hume, 7 H.L.C. 134, and note thereto.


     For full text of opinion see 11 E.R. 703