Pewitt v. Pewitt

The bill of Square Pewitt, as amended, sought a decree declaring him divorced from Martha Pewitt on the ground that at the time they went through the marriage ceremony in 1928 Martha was married to a man named Maclin. Martha’s answer denied this allegation and further asserted that she and Pewitt have lived together for more than twenty years as husband and wife believing that they were lawfully married. This answer avers that if it is a fact that she and Maclin have not been divorced, nevertheless, this cohabitation and holding out by Pewitt for twenty years that he and she were married…