Meister v. Moore
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Pennsylvania. This was ejectment, brought Oct. 9, 1878, by Bernard L. ■Meister, for the possession of certain lots of ground in Pitts-burg, Pa. Both parties claimed under William Mowry, the plaintiff, as the alienee of the alleged wife and daughter of said William, and the defendants, as the vendees of his mother, in whom the title of the property vested, if he died unmarried and without issue.
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Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Pennsylvania. This was ejectment, brought Oct. 9, 1878, by Bernard L. ■Meister, for the possession of certain lots of ground in Pitts-burg, Pa. Both parties claimed under William Mowry, the plaintiff, as the alienee of the alleged wife and daughter of said William, and the defendants, as the vendees of his mother, in whom the title of the property vested, if he died unmarried and without issue. The plaintiff, to maintain the issue on his part, introduced evidence tending to prove that, some time in the year 1844 or…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Strong
The learned judge of the Circuit Court instructed the jury, that, if neither a minister nor a magistrate was present at the alleged marriage of William A. Mowry and the daughter of the Indian Pero, the marriage was invalid under the Michigan statute; and this instniction is now alleged to have been erroneous. It certainly withdrew from the consideration of the jury all evidence, if any there was, of informal marriage by contract per verba de prcesenti. That such a contract constitutes a marriage at common law there can be no doubt, in view of the adjudications made in this country, from its…
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