Great Northern Ry. Co. v. Johnson
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
» In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of North Dakota; Charles F. Amidon, Judge. Action by E. H. Johnson, as administrator, etc., against the Great Northern Railway Company. There was a judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
STONE, Circuit Judge.
Writ of error from judgment for damages on account of personal injury death claim brought by wife.
The plaintiff founded her right of recovery upon the claim that she *684was the wife of deceased through a common-law marriage. Plaintiff based the marriage upon a written contract sent from Minnesota, where deceased then was and continued for some time afterwards, to her in Missouri, where she resided and was employed. Her testimony was that upon receipt of the duplicate papers, which had been signed by deceased, she signed them and returned one to him. 'The contract in question…
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- State v. BittickSupreme Court of Missouri · 1890
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