Marion B. Folsom, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare v. Pauline Furber, on Behalf of Roberta Miller and Allen L. Miller, Minor-Claimants

In this case, the district court held that a now deceased former wage-earner, Andrew A. Miller, entered into an agreement with Pauline Furber, appellee [then the divorced wife of John Marti], in September of 1939, to live together as common-law husband and wife; that, thereupon, they entered into that status and lived together continuously until his death on April 21, 1944, during which time they held themselves out to their relatives and friends, as well as to strangers, as husband and wife; that two children were born of their relationship, namely, Roberta Miller (born August 30, 1940) and…