Devin v. . Patchin

[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] Upon the merits, this case presents but the single question, whether the respondent was the wife of Henry C. Patchin at the time of his decease; and this depends upon the narrower question, whether said Patchin was the man, calling himself David Sparks, between whom and the respondent, the banns of matrimony were solemnized by the Rev. Wm. H. Norris, pastor of the Forsyth street M.E. church, at his dwelling house in the city of New York, in the evening of the…