Welch v. All Persons

Where a marriage is set up as having been performed at a particular time or place or by a particular form or ceremony, and the evidence fails to support the assertion, the party asserting the marriage will not be allowed to rely on cohabitation and reputation to establish it. (38 C.J. 1325; Henry v. McNealey,24 Colo. 456, 50 P. 37; McLaughlin v. Barnum, 42 Md. 251;Denison v. Denison, 35 Md. 361.)

When it is shown that there has been an actual marriage solemnized according to the method prescribed by law, every inference is to be invoked in support of its validity and against an alleged…