Talley v. a & M CONSTRUCTION COMPANY

MERRILL, Justice.

This appeal by certiorari is from a judgment denying the claim of appellant and her infant children for benefits under the Workmen’s Compensation Laws on the ground that appellant’s marriage to the deceased employee was invalid because he had a living wife by an undissolved marriage. A motion for a new trial was overruled.

The deceased worker married Ernestine Edwards Talley and lived with her several years, childless, and separated without divorce. Subsequently a marriage ceremony uniting him with Annie Belle Talley was performed and of this union seven children were born.

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