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Show MARRIAGE IS ANNULLED; GIRL KEEPS PROPERTY As a sequel to the marriage in March of Samuel D. Leo add Ills girl bride, Bertha Dackman and tho subsequent filing of suits to annul tho marriage nnd set aside transfer of property on the ground of alleged fraudulent connlvunco of tho girl to Becure the property a decreo annulling annul-ling the marriage was entered yesterday yes-terday by Judge George G. Armstrong Arm-strong of the Third district court. At the same time tho suit of the grbom to have his trnnsfer of property prop-erty to his bride set aside, was dismissed dis-missed on stipulation of attorneys for both sides. As a result of this latter action the tltlo to tho' property prop-erty which Is recorded In the girl's name rests unat tacked. The story of the romance which ended in court yesterday began nf-ter nf-ter tho death under unusual clrcum-stances clrcum-stances ot Leo's first wife. Leo was living In a double house at 923-25 West First South street and tho Hackmnn family lived In ono of the npnrtments. Lee, It Is contended, be-enmo be-enmo ennmored of Miss Bertha and pressed his suit. On March 28, laBt, they were mnr-rled. mnr-rled. Less thnn two hours after tho wedding ceremony tho brldo left her husband nnd disappeared completely. Leo's efforts to locate hero were of no avnll. Tho groom finally filed suit in tho district court asking that tho mnrriago bo annulled. Ho charged In tho suit that tho girl, under promise of mnrriago to him, Induced him to trnnsfer to her name, on their wedding dny, tltlo to his West First South street property. proper-ty. Then, nccordlng to tho suit, tho girl went through a form of ceremony, cere-mony, but refused to llvo with or actually ac-tually become tho wifo of Too. Shortly thereafter Leo filed another anoth-er suit, asking that tho transfer of property bo set aside, claiming that It . had been secured by fnlso nnd fraudulent representation, tho charge of frnud being based on tho-claim thnt tho girl married him simply to get the property. An nnswer and crosa complaint, denying tho allegations of frnud nnd fnlso pretenses In tho mnrriago nnd securing of the property, whb filed to tho annulment suit but yeBtcrdny was withdrawn. Then, upon tho testimony tes-timony of Lee nnd his wife, tho coiirt granted a decree of annulment of tho mnrrlnie. J The attorneys on both sides ilieu simply ngreed to dismiss tlu r.ult ns'IuR, tlu.t tho transfer of pnp.uty bo sot nrldo. |