McHenry v. Brown

PRITCHARD, Commissioner.

Arthur H. McHenry, also known as Archie H. Parks, from 1942 to the time of his accidental death, July 7, 1962, led a double marital life. The contest here is over the ownership of certain real and personal property standing in his name, and that of his first spouse, and is between his reputed second spouse, plaintiff, and his first spouse and two children as his heirs.

Plaintiff’s claim is that on March 28, 1942, she married a man who had introduced himself to her as Arthur H. McHenry (and who represented himself as being single with no children) with whom she lived as…