· 1/3/1910
Callery's Estate
Citations
- 226 Pa. 469
- 75 A. 672
- 1910 Pa. LEXIS 799
Syllabus
<p>Marriage — Contract — Ceremony — Presumption — Cohabitation and reputation.</p> <p>1. Occasional cohabitation after an express but unfulfilled promise .to have a marriage ceremony performed does not constitute a common-law marriage.</p> <p>2. Cohabitation and reputation conjoined are the essential facts from which a presumption of common-law marriage arises.</p>
Judges: Brown, Elicin, Fell, Potter, Stewart
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