Caras v. Hendrix

— -This appeal is from a decree in partition proceedings. The only question presented for determination is whether a marriage good at common law is in this State void unless a license therefor is procured and the ceremony is performed-by those designated for that purpose in the statute.

An agreed statement of facts sets forth that:

“First. That Maximo Caras, the complainant, at and prior to any of the dates hereinafter mentioned, was unmarried and was over the age of twenty-one years, and that Annie Purvis was also unmarried and was over the age of twenty-one years, and that there was no legal…