Estate of Grimm

Citations

• 131 Pa. 199
• 18 A. 1061
• 1890 Pa. LEXIS 1098

Syllabus

<p>[To be reported.]</p> <p>1. Neither- cohabitation nor reputation of marriage is marriage; they are simply evidence, giving rise, when conjoined, to a presumption of marriage, which, however, is rebuttable and wholly disappears in the face of proof that no marriage in fact has taken place; nor does a relation shown to have been illicit at its commencement raise any presumption of marriage.</p> <p>2. Evidence that a man and woman cohabited together, the former treating the latter as his wife and acknowledging her as such in the presence of others, but that the marriage ceremony between them was to have been performed at a future date and was prevented by the accidental death of the man, is insufficient to establish the existence of the relation of husband and wife.</p>