Blanks v. Southern Railway Co.

Citations

• 82 Miss. 703

Syllabus

<p>1. Marriage. Common law. Married woman.</p> <p>A married woman cannot contract a common law marriage.</p> <p>S. Same. Agreement. • Cohabitation..</p> <p>Cohabitation, however long continued, between a married woman and' an unmarried man will not ripen into a valid common law marriage, although from the beginning they agreed to be husband and wife, and constantly thereafter claimed and held themselves out to the world to be married each to the other.</p>