Odd Fellows' Beneficial Ass'n v. Carpenter

The respondent, Maria H. Carpenter, claims that she is the widow of John A. Carpenter, deceased, and as such is entitled to the fund in dispute. And the only issue of fact submitted to the court at the trial was, whether she was his widow. In support of her claim, she testified that she kept house for the deceased from October 1, 1888, till February, 1890; that her first husband died in December, 1888; that she and the deceased shortly afterwards agreed to be married to each other, and in pursuance thereof, on the 13th of February, 1889, went to Fall River, Massachusetts, where a ceremonial…