Wilkie v. Collins
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Yalobusha county. Stearns, Chancellor. The record discloses the following facts: Appellant married one Napoleon Roberts, on the 4th October, 1859. About the 30th October, 1859, Roberts left his home in this state and went to Louisiana on business.
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Appeal from the chancery court of Yalobusha county. Stearns, Chancellor. The record discloses the following facts: Appellant married one Napoleon Roberts, on the 4th October, 1859. About the 30th October, 1859, Roberts left his home in this state and went to Louisiana on business. Several letters were received from him, the last about the 30th November, 1859. He was then in Louisiana, sick in bed, and announced that he had concluded his business and would return home as soon as able to travel. His domestic relations were affectionate and agreeable. He has never been heard of since. It was the…
1Opinion of the Court
SlMKALL, J. :
By agreement of counsel, the substantial subject in contestation between the parties is to be considered and decided by the court, all technical forms being Waived.
The real question in issue is, whether Mary Elizabeth Roberts was lawfully married to Sylvester Wilkie, on *510the 30th of April, 1861. ' That question, will be answered, as it shall be determined whether her former husband, Napoleon Roberts, was then living or not.
These facts are admitted by the parties: that on the — of-, 1859, the said Mary Elizabeth was lawfully married to her first husband, Napoleon Roberts; that…
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