Fields v. Fields

*442The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dunbar, J.

— This action is brought by the plaintiff against the defendant for a decree of divorce, the division of the property, and the custody of the minor children. It seems from the testimony that the plaintiff and defendant commenced living together in 1873; that a marriage license was obtained; that they went to a neighboring town for the purpose of getting married, but returned without having the marriage ceremony performed; that they represented themselves as husband and wife; that they lived and cohabited together as husband and wife; that…