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· 1/30/1957

Bertha Tatum v. Oscar Tatum

Citations

  • 241 F.2d 401
  • 1957 U.S. App. LEXIS 3473

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that “with two presumptively valid marriages in existence, the ultimate burden rests on the party who advocates the second to prove the invalidity of the first”
  • recognizing that under California state law only ceremonial marriages can be contracted
  • interpreting National Service Life Insurance Act

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Judges: Pope, Fee, Barnes

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