In Re Estate of Soeder

In reaching a decision it was necessary to analyze the record of testimony in this case and to interpret it in the light of the decisions of the courts of this state insofar as they are applicable.

In Carmichael v. State (1861), 12 Ohio St. 553, the Supreme Court (through G-holson, J.) stated on page 559, that:

<«#*# Th.e requisites to constitute a valid marriage, independent of any positive law, have been stated in many authorities, but it must still be a question on the facts of the particular case. It may be, that in most cases a ready answer may be given upon any statement of the facts,…