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Show JAP MARRIAGE ; -QONTRAOTVOIDL IN CALtfORNIA jXym-RS. csl, Aug1 '.;4.-t-A oti-, tract af marriage mad hy th paes enta m Japan, while the, parties ta the contract war resident of the I United Btalea. although-valid un-. I der the lews of Japan,' la ynld la this, country., according tciva decl-alon decl-alon rendered Id' the supeslor ceurt here today by Judge 1. H. tindla ' in an action brought by Tsurua i Yoehlkaera. an American r eh sen, , against Tskeyoehl.Toahtkawa. The ptalntlff. II years old. testified testi-fied that she waa born In California i and had neve been out of tbe etute. When she wss l she testified that hes father met the father of her ' Japanese husband In Japan and tha parent thn ntrd Into a eon-tract eon-tract of marriage for their children, chil-dren, according to th - law of Japan. When sh was g, h told , ths court that sh believed h waa th wife of th defendant, and went ta liv with him. 8b remained but eeven daya ehs testified, hsvlng bean Informed that th marrlag waa net legal In the United Mtates. Hhe brought suit to hay a th marriage mar-riage annulled or declared void. - In Ma opinion Judg Leuidla ruled that such a marriage muat not only ba valid under the law of Japan, hut to congtllnt a valid marriage of tha pert lea in th United States, tha marriage contra ot. muat have been solemnised In the -United Statee. He found tha the contract bad not been solemnised dither here or la span and held to be void. v |