Drawdy v. Hesters

1. There was evidence that Lewis K. Drawdy and Jane Drawdy, for a number of years, had lived in the same house; and that two children, Lizzie and Daniel, were born to them, *162the former before tbe period of cohabitation commenced and the latter afterwards. In an effort to prove that the marriage relation existed between the two, the plaintiff introduced witnesses who testified, in effect, that it was the general repute in the neighborhood where the parties resided that Lewis K. Drawdy and Jane Drawdy were husband and wife. This testimony was objected to on the ground that it was hearsay,…