Pillard v. Pillard

Plaintiff filed this bill in the circuit court of Washtenaw county, in chancery, under 3 Comp. Laws 1915, § 11395, to obtain a decree confirming an alleged common-law marriage between the parties, which defendant denied. The case was brought to issue and heard in open court resulting in a decree affirming said marriage, from which defendant has appealed.

The parties were originally married on April 6, 1911, in Florida by a clergyman and lived together as husband and wife, until some time in 1921, when defendant deserted plaintiff and went to live with another woman, named Mrs. Penny, who while…