Cleveland County NcArchives Marriages.....Martin, Lee - Lackey, Dessie 1916 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Connie Ardrey n/a November 11, 2008, 7:54 pm Charlotte Observer - Oct 7, 1916 Court Called on to Determine Who Gets Bride - Fallston Couple Ran Away and Were Married - Husband Claims Girl's Father Took Her by Force From Vehicle Shelby, Oct 6 - The court is called on to decide who gets a bride - her husband or her father. About ten days ago Miss Dessie Lackey and Lee Martin, both of Fallston, ran away to South Carolina and were married over the protest of the bride's father, Hill Lackey. The father got out a writ of habeas corpus demanding that the groom bring the bride before the court. However, before the writ was served and while the newly married couple was returning from South Carolina, the father got control of the bride and has since kept her away from her lawful husband. The father claims that she came to him by her own will, while the groom contends that the father took her by force from the buggy in which they were riding. However, that habeas corpus was dismissed and another was secured by the groom in an effort to get the bride before his honor, Judge James L. Webb. This proceeding was to have been heard here yesterday, but the father failed to bring the bride, claiming that she is out of State. It is reported that she has been taken to Virginia. A point of law arose as to whether the court could order the bride back to Shelby since she is outside the State. Judge Webb ruled that since she is under the control of her father, and that her father is in the jurisdiction of the court, that places the girl within reach of the court and Mr. Lackey is ordered to produce Mrs. Martin in Shelby Saturday. If he fails, he will be liable to contempt of court. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/cleveland/vitals/marriages/martin1056mr.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ncfiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb