MEXICAN MARRIAGES
Their Legality Questioned FILM C0UPLES W0RRIED 1 HOLLYWOOD, ASj. 13. ! Jocelyn Howarth's attorney Louis 'Schwartz challenged Elia Kastro, an expert witness for- the actor George 'Brent. Kastro contended that Californian couples spending a few hours in1
'Mexico and being wed are not legally jmarried under Mexican law. Witness jinsisted that such a marriage would be ,legal only when one of the contracting jparties indieated intention of establish'ing Mexican domicile. The movie colony is said to be very Idisturbed by the case, which may jeo^ardise the marriages of several .famous jcouples, who eloped to Alexico. Thf Court's decision is, therefore, awaited with tho greatest interestThe Judge refused Mr. Swartz's motion for dismissal of Brent's action. He said that the vital issue of the vnlidity of Alexican marriages should be settled once and for all by this case.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 182, 19 August 1937, Page 6
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