Buchanan v. Williams

(after stating the facts as above). It appeared from testimony heard at the trial that Phil Jones and Susan Duncan were married August 10, 1875, and that appellee Sarah Williams, their only child, was born June 15, 1877. It further appeared that Phil and Susan separated after they had lived together a few years, and that, while they were never divorced, they never after-wards lived together. It further appeared that before he died (in or about 1893) Phil and a woman named Martha lived on the land as husband and wife, that they were living thereon when he died, and that Martha afterwards…