Higgins v. Breen

This was an action of assumpsit, brought by the plaintiff in error, Rosalina Higgins, against the administrator of Bernard McNally’s estate.

The declaration contained two counts. The fii’st was a special one, setting out at length the facts of the case, and alledging, that B. Mc-Nally in his lifetime, representing himself to be a widower, sole and unmarried, solicited the plaintiff to marry him, and as his wife to take charge and control of his family and domestic concerns, in consideration of which she should enjoy all the rights, interests and privileges of a married woman. That the…