Nelson v. . Hunter

We bave carefully considered the petition to rehear this cause and the brief of the learned counsel for defendants. We are unable to find any material point overlooked in our former decision at last term or any error in the conclusion arrived at. The plaintiff’s right to recover depends upon the establishment of a legal marriage between Solomon Nelson and Jackie Cook. The uncontradicted evidence proves that a form of marriage between them took place during the year 1861, or not long thereafter, and that they continued to live together during and after the war and were living together at the…