Brooke v. Brooke
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County, in Equity. The case is stated in the following opinion of Judge Stone pronounced in the Court below, and concurred in by Judge Ford : “ This is a bill filed by Margaret A. Brooke, claiming to be the widow .of Henry Brooke, deceased, for dower in the real estate left by said Henry Brooke.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County, in Equity. The case is stated in the following opinion of Judge Stone pronounced in the Court below, and concurred in by Judge Ford : “ This is a bill filed by Margaret A. Brooke, claiming to be the widow .of Henry Brooke, deceased, for dower in the real estate left by said Henry Brooke. The defendants in their answers deny the marriage of complainant to Henry Brooke, and the important question- for us to decide is, whether such marriage did, in fact, take place. Henry Brooke and the complainant were both residents of the same village,…
1Opinion of the CourtRitchie, J.
The appellants contend, first, that Henry Brooke was not the person to whom the complainant was married; ■secondly, if he was, that the motives and intentions with which he became a party to the marriage rendered it invalid.
That the complainant was united in marriage on the 29th of February, 1872, by the Catholic priest, Father *533Wiget, at St. Joseph’s Church, in Washington City, to a man professing to be the Henry Brooke of whom complainant now claims to be the widow, is conceded. The fact that the marriage ceremony took place not being disputed, there is left to be determined only the simple…
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