Sy Joc Lieng v. Sy Quia

Citations

• 228 U.S. 335
• 33 S. Ct. 514
• 57 L. Ed. 862
• 1913 U.S. LEXIS 2376

Syllabus

<p>Every presumption is in favor of the validity of a marriage where the marital relations have continued uninterruptedly for over forty years without any question being raised or right asserted by anyone claiming under an earlier marriage of one of the parties until more than ten years after the death, and five years after the distribution of the property, of that party.</p> <p>The validity of such a marriage should not be impugned excipt upon clear, strong and unequivocal proof; nor in the absence of such proof will this court reverse the judgment of the lower court sustaining • its validity when attacked by those who had opportunity to do so before the death of both spouses.</p>