In Re Sutherland's Estate

246 Ind. 234 (1965)

204 N.E.2d 520

IN RE SUTHERLAND'S ESTATE, PETITION FOR DETERMINATION OF HEIRSHIP, SUTHERLAND ET AL.

v.

SUTHERLAND ET AL.

No. 30,729.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

Filed February 22, 1965.

Thomas R. Haley, of Seymour, and Stephen W. Terry, Jr., and Baker & Daniels, of counsel, of Indianapolis, for appellant.

Robert R. Kelso, Robert A. Kelso, and Kelso & Kelso, of New Albany, for appellee.

ARTERBURN, C.J.

This case comes to us on petition to transfer. See 195 N.E.2d 778.

It concerns the validity of an alleged "common-law" marriage. Bonnie B. Sutherland, the appellee, asked for a…