Edwards v. Enterprise Manufacturing Co.

Per Curiam,

The only real question on this appeal is, Was the evidence legally sufficient to show claimant, Annie B. Ed wards, to have been the common-law wife of the deceased employee of defendant company? The referee found this fact in her favor and made an award of compensation, which was sustained by the board but reversed by the court below; hence the appeal.

There is evidence on the record from which, standing alone, the fact of marriage might be inferred, but claimant frankly testified that she and the deceased employee “were not legally married,” and that no ceremony had been performed…