Johnson v. Johnson

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• finding an essential element of a common-law marriage is a mutual agreement between the parties to assume the relationship of husband and wife
• The facts “evidencing a mutual agreement to live together as husband and wife, and not in concubinage ... are often difficult of ascertainment where the intent of the parties has not been formally and publicly declared.”
• \It is essential to a common-law marriage that there shall be a mutual agreement between the parties to assume toward each other the relation of husband and wife. Cohabitation without such an agreement does not constitute marriage.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

18 cases in this archive cite this case.

• In Re Estate of Weeks
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1997-12-15· cited 46×
• Bell v. Progressive Direct Insurance
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2014-04-09· cited 33×
• Callen v. Callen
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2005-09-19· cited 32×
• In Re Estate of Cumbee
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1999-01-04· cited 24×
• Carabetta v. Carabetta
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1980-11-25· cited 22×
• Barker v. Baker
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1998-03-09· cited 21×
• Patton Ex Rel. Estate of Diem v. Reames
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2005-03-28· cited 17×
• Golini v. Bolton
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1997-02-03· cited 17×
• Tarnowski v. Lieberman
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2002-02-11· cited 12×
• Weathers v. Bolt
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1987-10-12· cited 10×
• Collier v. City of Milford
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1988-02-09· cited 10×
• Trower v. Board of County Com'rs of Curry County
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1965-04-12· cited 6×
• Cooper v. State of Utah
  D. Utah· 1987-12-21· cited 4×
• In Re Estate of Duffy
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 2011-03-02· cited 3×
• Mitchell v. Smyser
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1960-05-05· cited 2×
• Michele D. Burden v. Eric K. Shinseki
  Veterans Claims· 2012-02-01· cited 1×
• Grossman v. Gangel
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1993-04-15· cited 1×
• In Re The Estate of Jimmy L. Smith
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2017-10-04

Cites

2 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Campbell v. Christian
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1959-08-06· cited 18×
• RODGERS v. Herron
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1954-12-10· cited 11×