551.5 Bigamy prohibited.
Sec. 5.
No marriage shall be contracted whilst either of the parties has a former wife or husband living, unless the marriage with such former wife or husband, shall have been dissolved.
History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 83 ;– CL 1857, 3208 ;– CL 1871, 4723 ;– How. 6213 ;– CL 1897, 8592 ;– CL 1915, 11366 ;– CL 1929, 12694 ;– CL 1948, 551.5