Johnson v. Green

251 Ga. 645 (1983)

309 S.E.2d 362

JOHNSON

v.

GREEN.

40311.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided November 29, 1983.

Richard E. Kirby, for appellant.

H. Martin Huddleston, for appellee.

All the Justices concur.

I agree that the judgment of the trial court should be affirmed, and submit this special concurrence because I believe that the issues raised in this appeal are of substantial importance to the general public, and because this case provides an opportunity to review some of the increasingly vexatious aspects of what we call "common law marriage."

Johnson claims that she is the widow (by "common law") of…