Legal Opinion
In re Rossignot's Will
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided December 26, 1905PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Contest of will of Louis Rossignot, deceased. Findings made on the question of marriage of deceased. /
1Opinion of the Court
FITZGERALD, S.
The decedent died in 1904. In the year 1888 his then wife obtained a decree of absolute divorce in this state. On March 30, 1904, a formal religious marriage ceremony took place in Florida between him and the contestant, Aimee Michel. A child of this marriage was born on December 24, 1904, and this child in the to be the sole heir *354at law and next of kin of the decedent. The contestant, Marguerite Baroux, alleges that the Florida marriage is void, for the reason that the decedent and she, by mutual consent and contract, and without any formal ceremony, became husband and wife on…
2Cited by5 opinions
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