Brubaker v. Brubaker

*221The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mason, J.:

On December 24, 1901, a ceremony was performed purporting to unite in matrimony Andrew J. Brubaker and Melissa VanAikin, who thereafter for some six months lived together as man and wife. No legal union in fact was accomplished, for the rea-' son that the woman was already married. During their cohabitation Brubaker, conveyed various tracts of real estate to Mrs. Van Aikin. In July, 1902, he brought a suit against her and others claiming under her to set aside such conveyances upon the ground that they were executed because he believed her to…