Marriage of doubtful validity; procedure to annul.

Sec. 3. When a marriage is supposed to be void, or the validity thereof is doubted, for any of the causes mentioned in the 2 preceding sections; either party, excepting in the cases where a contrary provision is hereinafter made, may file a petition or bill in the circuit court of the county where the parties, or 1 of them, reside, or in the court of chancery, for annulling the same, and such petition or bill shall be filed, and proceedings shall be had thereon, as in the case of a petition or bill filed in said court for a divorce; and upon due proof of the nullity of the marriage, it shall be declared void by a decree or sentence of nullity. History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 84; CL 1857, 3224; CL 1871, 4735; How. 6225; CL 1897, 8618; CL 1915, 11394; CL 1929, 12725; CL 1948, 552.3