Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 1812

Inhabitants of Newburyport v. Inhabitants of Boothbay

Inhabitants of Newburyport v. Inhabitants of Boothbay
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Decided November 15, 1812
9 Mass. 414

Inhabitants of Newburyport v. Inhabitants of Boothbay

Opinion of the Court

By the Court.

The jury might lawfully infer a legal marriage from the evidence at the trial; a long-continued cohabitation is, in fact, one usual evidence of a marriage, (a)

Judgment on the verdict

[Rex vs. Stockland, Bur. Sett. c. 508 — Leader vs. Barry, 1 Esp. N. P R. 353 — Ed.]

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