In Re Estate of Redman

By the Court.

The sole question presented in this case is whether there was a common-law marriage between the parties. The essential elements of a common-law marriage in this' state were announced in the case of Umbenhower v. Labus, 85 Ohio St., 238, 97 N. E., 832. The following essential requirements for such a marriage are stated in the syllabus of that case:

“An agreement of marriage in praesenti when made by párties competent to contract, accompanied and followed by cohabitation as husband and wife, they being so treated and reputed in the community and circle in which they move,…