Section 19-3-7. Contracts attempting to force marriage void  


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  •    The policy of the law being opposed equally to restrictions on marriage and to marriages not the result of free choice, all contracts or bonds made to hinder or to force marriage are deemed fraudulent and void.
Orig. Code 1863, § 3113; Code 1868, § 3125; Code 1873, § 3182; Code 1882, § 3182; Civil Code 1895, § 2415; Civil Code 1910, § 2934; Code 1933, § 53-108.