Burgess v. Stribling

This case brings before us for review an order appointing the petitioner administrator of the estate of Augusta W. Brown-Burgess, deceased. The question of- fact upon which the case turned in the court below was the question of whether the petitioner was in fact the husband of decedent, and this turned upon two questions: First, as to whether there was a marriage ceremony between the two parties; and,' second, as to whether, at the time of the alleged ceremony, decedent was competent to contract the relation. The circuit judge found the affirmative of both questions, and the case is brought…