Applegate v. Applegate

Bird, V. C.

The prayer of this bill is, that the defendant be ordered to .furnish suitable support to the complainant, who claims to be his lawful wife. The defence is, that she is not his lawful wife, because at the time of the performance of the marriage ceremony she was the wife of another man by the name of Lawson, who was then living. The proof of such prior marriage is two-fold: (1) the statements or admissions of the parties that they were married, and (2) cohabitation for the principal part of the time •between the period of such statements and the alleged second marriage.

1. Lawson had…