In re Estate of Maher

The only question involved in this case is whether a common law marriage was legally contracted between Jessie R. Kean and Mark H. Maher, and whether such marriage existed at the time of his death, on February 1, 1896, whereby she became his lawful widow. A former decree of the circuit court of Cook county deciding that question in her favor was reversed by this court at a former term, upon the ground that the evidence failed to sustain the decree. The order of reversal and remandment at that time was general. Subsequently the case was re-docketed in said circuit court and additional evidence…