Reeves v. Reeves

This was a petition for dower, which the defendants resisted on the ground that the petitioner, though married to the deceased, John Reeves, with all the forms of law, was, at the time of such marriage, the wife of one Teasdale, who was then living. This proof, however, was met by counter evidence that Teasdale himself, at the time of his pretended marriage with petitioner, had a wife living. This evidence is very clear. Two witnesses swear they came from England to this country in the same ship with Teasdale and his first wife and children, and also from New Orleans to St.Louis. He…