Green v. State

Citations

• 21 Fla. 403

Syllabus

<p>In civil suits, generally, presumptive evidence as distinguished from direct evidence of marriage is prima faeie sufficient, as when aman and woman cohabit together, and speak of each other as husband and wife, and of the circumstances of their marriage, and the like, but in suits where criminal conversation, adultery, polygamy, &o., constitute the essence or foundation of the action, a more rigid rule is required. In such case presemptions do not apply, and in order to convict the defendant the marriage must be proven.</p>