Casey v. Gorman

How courts have described this case

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• holding that “[t]he law to be applied in determining the validity of [] an out-of-State marriage is the law of the State in which the marriage occurred”
• noting New York state law did not recognize common-law marriages unless the marriage was validly contracted in another state that sanctioned common-law marriage
• applying the place of celebration rule to common-law marriages and holding that the “quite liberal” Georgia law with respect to such unions must be followed in determining the existence of a marriage even though New York itself did not recognize common-law marriages
• “It has long been settled law that [ ] New York does not itself recognize common-law marriages.”

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