Marks v. Marks

Margaret Marks, appellee, claiming to be the wife of George M. Marks, appellant, and that he had abandoned her without her fault, filed a bill against him for separate maintenance. The court found in her favor and decreed that he pay her $9 per week. The contested question in the case is, whether the parties were married. Appellee claims a common law marriage. It appears by appellee’s testimony that October 22, 1895, she, while an inmate of a house of ill-fame, at 74 South Peoria street in the city of Chicago, first became acquainted with appellant, who then had just made his advent into the…