Rundle v. Pegram
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Yazoo cotiuty. Hon. J. J. Hooker, Chancellor. The facts sufficiently appear in the-opinion of the court, The appellant, as widow, was entitled to have the eX-eiiiptions and allowance set apart for her.
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Appeal from the chancery court of Yazoo cotiuty. Hon. J. J. Hooker, Chancellor. The facts sufficiently appear in the-opinion of the court, The appellant, as widow, was entitled to have the eX-eiiiptions and allowance set apart for her. Oalvit v. Oalvit, 82 Miss., 124; Morgan v. Morgan, 36 Miss., 348. Petitioner bases her right upon section 22 of article 12 of the State constitution which ordains that “ all persons who-have not been married, hut are now living together, cohabiting as husband and Wife, shall he taken and held, fol* all purposes in law, as married, and their children, whether…
1Opinion of the Court
Simrall, J.,
delivered the opinioii of the court.. The single question brought up for revision by this appeal, is whether Medora Bundle is the widow of E. B. Bundle,. dec’d, and as such entitled to “ provisions ” for a year’s support under the statute.
It is not claimed that a formal marriage was ever solemnized. Nor is it shown that at any point of time she and E. B. Bundle “per verba d& prmenti,” agreed to accept each other as husband and wife, and actually assumed towards each other that relation.- Nor is it proved that each held the other out to society and the world, as bearing, towards…
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