Burns v. Stevens

I find myself unable to agree with the conclusion reached by Mr. Justice SNOW. The bill of complaint herein was filed after the trial court had announced its decision in a suit brought by plaintiff to restrain defendant from representing herself as his wife and to obtain a judicial determination that they were not legally married. The decree therein granting plaintiff relief as prayed for was affirmed by this court. Burns v. Stevens, ante, 443. It is plaintiff's claim in this case that the $1,000 down payment on the contract was made up of $600 of his own money and $400 borrowed from…